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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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PANICUM PILOSUM
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 22. 1788.
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Synonym
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Panicum distichum Lam. Encycl. 4:731. 1798. Panicum pilisparsurn G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 57. 1818. Panicum trichopborum Schrad. ex Schult. Mant. 2:247. 1824. Setaria disticha Humb. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1:305. 1825. Panicum densiflorw-m Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1:320. 1825. Setaria pilosa Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1:47. 1829. Setaria meyeri Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1:47. 1829. Setaria scbraderi Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1:47. 1829.
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Description
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Perennial; culms erect or decumbent at the base and rooting at the lower nodes, 25-60 cm. or sometimes as much as 1 m. long, branching, the nodes glabrous; sheaths longer than the internodes, the margins papillose-ciliate at least toward the summit; ligule wanting; blades 5-20 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide (rarely as much as 15 mm.), widest at the cordate base, glabrous on the lower surface, sparsely hispid on the upper, the margins scabrous; panicles erect, 5-15 cm. long, the branches simple, 1-4 cm. long, usually stiffly and abruptly spreading, the rachis papillose-hispid, the hairs sometimes sparse; spikelets 1.3-1.5 mm. long, crowded.
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Distribution
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Swamps, wet ground and open woods, Mexico and the West Indies to Brazil.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: David, Hitchcock 8347. COLON: Catival, Standley 303I3; Porto Bello, Pittier 248I. SAN BLAS: Puerto Obaldia, Pittier 437I. CANAL ZONE: Gatuin, Hitchcock 8029; Frijoles, Hitchcock 8396; Piper 5222; Standley 27535; Killip I2I3; Barro Colorado Island, Standley 40830; Ancon Hill, Seibert 373; Balboa, Hitchcock 8o6i. PANAMA: Chorrera, Hitchcock 8I39; Quebrada La Palma and Cafion of Rio Chagres, Dodge d Allen I7350; Chepo, Hunter d Allen I4; Taboga Island, Standley 27895; Hitchcock 8083.
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