Urochondra

Urochondra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Urochondra C.E.Hubb.
Species:	U. setulosa
Binomial name
*Urochondra setulosa* (Trin.) C.E.Hubb.
Synonyms
Vilfa setulosa Trin. Sporobolus setulosus (Trin.) A.Terracc. Crypsis setulosa (Trin.) Mez Heleochloa setulosa (Trin.) Blatt. & McCann Agrostis elatior Steud. Crypsis dura Boiss. Heleochloa dura (Boiss.) Boiss. Heleochloa dura subsp. kuriensis Vierh. Heterochloa dura (Boiss.) Balf.f.

Urochondra is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Urochondra setulosa, native to northeastern Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Socotra) and southwestern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, northwestern India, and Sindh Province in Pakistan). The species grows in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and estuaries.