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(Last Modified On 10/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/12/2012)
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Species
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GYMNOPOGON FASTIGIATUS
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PlaceOfPublication
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Agrost. Bras. 430. 1829.
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Synonym
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Monochaete fastigiata Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 23:79. 1878.
Doellochloa fastigiata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1. 2:773. 1891.
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Description
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Perennial; culms very slender, erect or spreading, 30-60 cm. high; sheaths usually much shorter than the internodes, glabrous or sparsely pilose at the mouth; ligule ciliate, 0.1 mm. long; blades flat or rolled, firm, stiffly ascending or some- times spreading, 1-3 cm. long, 1-3 mm. wide, the margins scabrous; spikes 4-8, 2-7 cm. long, slender, ascending, on an axis 1-4 cm. long; spikelets 1-flowered, the rachilla prolonged behind the floret, the rudimentary floret wanting; glumes acu- minate, about 3 mm. long; lemma 2 mm. long, the callus glabrous, the margins long-ciliate toward the summit, the awn very slender, about 1 cm. long.
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Distribution
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Savannas and open woods, Costa Rica and Panama; also in Brazil.
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Specimen
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COCLE: Ola, Pittier 5055.
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