''Jouvea'' is a Latin American genus of coastal plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

. It grows on mud flats and coastal

sand dune A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, fl ...

s from northern Mexico to Ecuador. ''Jouvea's'' closest relative in the subfamily Chloridoideae is likely ''

Monanthochloe ''Distichlis'' is a genus of Americas, American and Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family.Bell, H. L. & J. T. Columbus. 2008. Proposal for an expanded ''Distichlis'' (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Support from molecular, morphological, and an ...

;'' both share the characteristic of distichously arranged

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

, and both are

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

. ''Jouvea'' was named for the French botanist

Joseph Duval-Jouve Joseph Duval-Jouve (7 August 1810 – 25 August 1883) was a French botanist born in Boissy-Lamberville. He was the father of histologist Mathias-Marie Duval (1844-1907). He taught classes at the college in Grasse (1832–52), afterwards ser ...

(1810–1883) ; SpeciesJørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181 * ''

Jouvea pilosa ''Jouvea'' is a Latin American genus of coastal plants in the Poaceae, grass family. It grows on mud flats and coastal sand dunes from northern Mexico to Ecuador. ''Jouvea's'' closest relative in the subfamily Chloridoideae is likely ''Monanthoc ...

'' (J.Presl) Scribn. - Central America (

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to Nicaragua), Mexico ( Tamaulipas,

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, Nayarit, Guerrero,

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, Colima, Oaxaca,

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

, Yucatán) * ''

Jouvea straminea ''Jouvea'' is a Latin American genus of coastal plants in the Poaceae, grass family. It grows on mud flats and coastal sand dunes from northern Mexico to Ecuador. ''Jouvea's'' closest relative in the subfamily Chloridoideae is likely ''Monanthoc ...

'' E.Fourn. - Ecuador,

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, Central America (

to Panamá), Mexico ( Socorro Island,

, Oaxaca,

, Guerrero,

, Nayarit)

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Photos of ''Jouvea pilosa''
from San Diego State University. Chloridoideae Poaceae genera Dioecious plants {{Chloridoideae-stub