Nardus

Matgrass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: BOP clade
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Nardodae
Tribe: Nardeae
W. D. J. Koch
Genus: Nardus
L.
Species:
N. stricta
Binomial name
Nardus stricta
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Natschia Bubani
  • Natschia stricta (L.) Bubani
  • Nardus glabriculmis Sakalo
  • Nardus stricta var. glabriculmis (Sakalo) Tzvelev

Nardus is a genus of plants belonging to the grass family, containing the single species Nardus stricta, known as matgrass.[3] It is placed in its own tribe Nardeae within the subfamily Pooideae. The name derives from ancient Greek nardos (νάρδος) from the earlier Akkadian lardu. It is not to be confused with spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi.

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Tropicos, Nardus L.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.