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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
Species LEPTOCHLOA VIRGATA
PlaceOfPublication Ess. Agrost. 71, 161, 166. P1. I5, f. I. 1812.
Synonym Cynosurus virgatus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2:876. 1759. Festuca virgata Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1:189. 1791. Eleusine virgata Pers. Syn. P1. 1:87. 1805. Chloris poaeformis H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:169. 1816. Chloris digitaria H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:168. 1816. Leptostachys digitaria G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 74. 1818. Leptostachys virgata G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 74. 1818. Leptochloa procera Nees, Syll. P1. Ratisb. 1:2. 1824. Cynodon virgatus Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 5:302. 1825. Leptochloa digitaria Nees, Agrost. Bras. 433. 1829. Leptochloa procera var. major Brongn. in Duperrey, Bot. Voy. Coquille 22:48. 1830. Leptochloa procera var. minor Brongn. in Duperrey, Bot. Voy. Coquille 22:48. 1830. Leptochloa mutica Steud. Syn. P1. Glum. 1:208. 1854. Leptochloa virgata var. aristata Fourn. Mex. P1. 2:146. 1886. Leptochloa virgata var. intermedia Fourn. Mex. P1. 2:146. 1886. Leptochloa perennis Hack. Inf. E'st. Centr. Agron. Cuba 1:411. 1906.
Description Perennial; culms tufted, erect or somewhat decumbent at the base, 30 cm. to more than 1 m. high; sheaths rounded, glabrous or nearly so; ligule 0.2-0.3 mm. long, minutely erose; blades 10-20 cm. long, 4-12 mm. wide, flat, acuminate, the margins scabrous; inflorescence drooping, 10-15 cm. long; spikes somewhat aggre- gate, slender, drooping, mostly 6-10 cm. long; spikelets 3- to 4-flowered, 2-3 mm. long; glumes similar, acute, the first 1.5 mm. long, the second a little longer; lemmas 1.5-2 mm. long, sparsely pilose on the margins, the tip blunt, often minutely lobed, awnless or rarely awned.
Distribution Open ground along streams and ditches, also in brushy places, Texas, Florida, and the West Indies to Argentina.
Specimen BOCAS DEL TORO: Laguna de Chiriqui, Hart 67, 76; Lincoln Creek, Carleton I90. CHIRIQUI: David, Hitchcock 8356. COLON: Palenque, Pittier 4136. CANAL ZONE: Toro Point, Hitchcock 8039; Fort Sherman, Standley 30926; Rio Pequeni, W1oodso, Allen d Seibert I629; Gatuncillo, Piper 5273; Frijoles, Standley 3I486; Barro Colorado Island, Kenoyer I3I; Gamboa, Standley 28529; Culebra, Hitchcock 79I8; Pittier 208I, 3440; Corozal, Killip 4250; Piper 5263; Ancon, Killip 4105; Balboa, Standley 2525I, 26459. PANAMA: Sambu' River, Pittier 5527; Taboga Island, Standley 27959.
 
 
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