(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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FESTUCA AMPLISSIMA
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bull. Acad. Sci. Brux. 92 :236. 1842
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Reference
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Fourn. Mex. P1. 2:125. 1886.
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Synonym
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Uniola muelleri Fourn. Mex. P1. 2:122. 1886.
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Description
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Coarse perennial; culms erect, as much as 2 m. high, scabrous or nearly smooth; sheaths scabrous, shorter than the internodes, the lowermost becoming fibrous with age; blades 15-75 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, flat, firm, scabrous, acuminate or attenuate to a fine involute tip; ligule very short; panicles 20-30 cm. long, open, the branches slender, more or less flexuous, ascending or spreading, naked at the base, the lower ones usually about 15 cm. long, or sometimes as much as 25 cm. long; spikelets 8-15 mm. long, 4- to 7-flowered; glumes acute or acuminate, the first 4-6 mm. long, 1- to 3-nerved, the second 5-7 mm. long, 3-nerved; lemmas 7-8 mm. long, acute or acuminate, smooth or somewhat scabrous toward the tip, awnless or mucronate.
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Distribution
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Savannas and open woods at rather high altitudes, Mexico to Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Volc'an de Chiriqui, Hitchcock 8208, 8226; Davidson I043.
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