| Swallenia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Scleropogoninae |
| Genus: | Swallenia Soderstr. & H.F.Decker |
| Species: | S. alexandrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Swallenia alexandrae | |
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Swallenia is a rare genus of plants in the grass family, found only in Death Valley National Park, California.[2][3]
The only known species is Swallenia alexandrae, known by the common names Eureka dunegrass[4] and Eureka Valley dune grass. This genus was named for American botanist Jason Richard Swallen (1903-1991). The species was named for American philanthropist and paleontological collector Annie Montague Alexander.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
tncwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Soderstrom, Thomas Robert & Decker, Henry Fleming. 1963. Madroño 17(3): 88
- ^ Swallen, Jason Richard. 1950. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40(1): 19-21 descriptions in parallel English + Latin, discussion in English, photo of herbarium specimen
- ^ "ECOS: Species Profile". ecos.fws.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ Bonta, Marcia (1991). Women in the Field: America's Pioneering Women Naturalists (1st ed.). College Station: Texas A & M University Press. pp. 49–60. ISBN 0-89096-467-X. OCLC 22623848.