Limnas

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|taxon = Limnas

|authority = Trin. 1820 not Ehrh. ex House 1920 (syn of Hammarbya in Orchidaceae)

|type_species = Limnas stelleri

|type_species_authority = Trin.

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Limnas is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. It is found in northern and central Asia (Russia and Kazakhstan).Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 116, plate 6.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40006872 Tropicos, Limnas Trin.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00345.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

; Species

• Limnas malyschevii O.D.Nikif. - Krasnoyarsk, Yakutiya
• Limnas stelleri Trin. - Krasnoyarsk, Yakutiya, Irkutsk, Buryatiya, Khabarovsk Krai
• Limnas veresczaginii Krylov & Schischk. - Kazakhstan

; formerly included[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=422673 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

• Limnas arkansana - Limnodea arkansana
• Limnas pilosa - Limnodea arkansana