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(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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Species
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ORYZA LATIFOLIA
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PlaceOfPublication
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Jour. de Bot. (Desv.) 1:77. 1813.
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Synonym
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Oryza sativa var. A3. latifolia Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 23:7. 1871.
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Description
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Coarse erect perennial; culms 1-2 m. high, succulent, scaberulous; sheaths elongate, longer than the internodes, keeled toward the summit, glabrous, pubes- cent on the collar, auriculate, the auricles sometimes hispid-ciliate; ligule 3-5 mm. long, hispid; blades mostly 30-50 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. wide, scabrous and sparsely pubescent on both surfaces, the margins prominently hispid-scabrous; panicles 30-40 cm. long, the branches verticillate, ascending, scabrous, as much as 25 cm. long, naked toward the base; spikelets 5 mm. long, short-pedicellate, oblong, sparsely hispid, the awns 1-2 cm. long or sometimes wanting; glumes narrow, acuminate, 1 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Marshes and along rivers and ditches, British Honduras and the West Indies to Brazil.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Fort Randolph, Standley 28726; between Mindi and Colon, Hitcbcock 7945; between France Field, Canal Zone, and Catival, Colon, Standley 30447; Gat'un, Hitchcock 9I76, 9I76?2; Culebra, Hitchcock 7905. PANAMA: Matias Hernandez, Pittier 6791.
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