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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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DIGITARIA LANUGINOSA
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PlaceOfPublication
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Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 61:5. 1930.
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Synonym
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Paspalum lanuginosu-m Nees, Agrost. Bras. 63. 1829. Panicum cuyabense Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 1:206. 1834. Digitaria cuiabense Parodi, Physis 8:378. 1926.
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Description
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Straggling annual, resembling Digitaria horizontalis; culms as much as 1.5 m. long; sheaths villous, or the upper ones glabrous; blades flat, lax, 5-20 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, softly pubescent; racemes 2-6, 5-14 cm. long, ascending, racemose on a short axis; rachis angular, scabrous, wingless; spikelets paired, 3 mm. long, one pedicel about 1 mm. long, the other about 3 mm. long; first glume wanting; second glume and sterile lemma equal, acuminate, pointed beyond the fruit, sparsely pubescent on the margins.
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Distribution
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Along ditches and in brushy places, Panama to Bolivia and Argentina.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: El Boquete, Hitchcock 8245, 8262
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