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(Last Modified On 10/18/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/18/2012)
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Species
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LASIACIS DIVARICATA
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PlaceOfPublication
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Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 15:16. 1910.
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Synonym
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Panicum divaricatum L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2:871. 1759. Panicum bambusioides Desv. ex Hamilt. Prodr. P1. Ind. Occ. 10. 1825. Panicum chauvinii Steud. Syn. P1. Glum. 1:68. 1854. Panicum divaricatum A. stenostachyurn Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 551. 1864.
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Description
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Culms clambering, with a strong central cane, as much as 4 m. long, freely branching, glabrous or sometimes sparsely pilose, the branches often fascicled, the secondary shoots strongly divaricate or zigzag; sheaths glabrous on, the back, the margins densely villous; blades narrowly lanceolate, 5-15 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, glabrous, the margins scabrous; panicles commonly 5-8 cm. long, or the primary as much as 20 cm. long, the few-flowered scabrous and sparsely pilose branches 1-5 cm. long, spreading or reflexed, the panicles of the ultimate branch- lets much reduced; spikelet 4 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Thickets and forest borders, southern Florida, Mexico and the West Indies to Bolivia and northern Argentina.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Alhajuela, Pittier 2342.
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