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(Last Modified On 10/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/12/2012)
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Species
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BOUTELOUA REPENS
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PlaceOfPublication
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U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 24:26. 1901.
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Synonym
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Dinebra repens H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:172. 1816. (?)Bouteloua bromoides Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 5. 1816. Atheropogon repens Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:416. 1817. (?)Actinochloa bromoides Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:420. 1817. Eutriana repens Trin. Gram. Unifl. 241. 1824.
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Description
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Perennial; culms 20-50 cm. high, erect or ascending, branching; sheaths glabrous or sparsely papillose-pilose; ligule minutely ciliate, 0.5 mm. long; blades firm, flat, 8-15 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, glabrous or scabrous, sometimes more or less papillose or papillose-pilose; spikes 5-10, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, rather close to- gether, appressed or spreading, falling entire; glumes acuminate, subequal, about 7 mm. long, scabrous or hispid on the keel; lemma of fertile floret 8 mm. long, the central awn 2-4 mm. long, the lateral 1.5-2 mm. long; rudiment glabrous, about 6 mm. long, deeply cleft, the awn from between the lobes 8-10 mm. long, the lateral awns much more slender and a little shorter than the central one.
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Distribution
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Sandy soil and rocky slopes near the coast, western Mexico to Panama.
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Specimen
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COCLE: Aguadulce, Pittier 4873. CANAL ZONE: Las Cruces Trail, Standley 29I55. PANAMA: Panama, Piper 5276; Las Sabanas, Pittier 6865; Standley 25864.
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