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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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PHARUS GLABER
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:196. 1816.
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Description
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Perennial; culms erect, 50-75 cm. high, glabrous; sheaths glabrous, smooth and shining; blades broadly lanceolate, mostly 15-18 cm. long, 3.5-4 cm. wide, gradually tapering toward both ends, acute, glabrous, shining; panicles 15-30 cm. long, the branches distant, stiffly ascending; staminate spikelets 3-4 mm. long, glabrous; glumes obtuse, the first one-third, the second about two-thirds as long as the floret; pistillate spikelets 9-12 mm. long; glumes equal, about half as long as the fruit, brown, glabrous; fruit plump, straight, densely pubescent to the base, the pointed glabrous tip about 1 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Forests, Mexico and the West Indies to Colombia and Brazil.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: El Boquete, Hitchcock 8308.
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