Endemic to the New World

New World

The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...

, Jouvea is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family. Its two species are distributed from Mexico

Mexico

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's Pacific coast

Pacific Coast

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 to Central America

Central America

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. It grows on mud flats and coastal sand dunes.

Jouvea's closest relative in the Chloridoideae

Chloridoideae

Chloridoideae is a subfamily of the true grass family . The systematics of the main group of genera is in need of revision; they are traditionally divided into several tribes like the Eragrostideae....

 subfamily is likely Monanthochloe; both share the characteristic of distichously arranged leaves

Leaves

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, and within species both have their staminate and pistillate flower

Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...

s on separate plants.

Jouvea was named for the French botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve

Joseph Duval-Jouve

Joseph Duval-Jouve was a French botanist born in Boissy-Lamberville. He was the father of histologist Mathias-Marie Duval ....

 (1810–1883)

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
• Photos of Jouvea pilosa, from San Diego State University
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