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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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SACCIOLEPIS MYUROS
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PlaceOfPublication
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Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21:7. 1908.
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Synonym
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Panicum myuros Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1:172. 1791. Panicum myosurus L. Rich. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1:106. 1792. Hymenachne myuros Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 49, 165. 1812. Panicum phleiforme Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1:302. 1830.
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Description
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Slender annual; culms usually erect, 10 cm. to as much as 1 m. high; sheaths glabrous, longer than the internodes; blades mostly 10-25 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, or smaller in depauperate specimens, glabrous or rarely sparsely hairy; panicles spike-like, 5-25 cm. long (commonly 10-15 cm.), about 5 mm. thick; spikelets 2 mm. long, sparsely pilose.
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Distribution
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Wet savannas, marshes, fields, and along streams, at low altitudes, Mexico and Cuba, to Bolivia and Brazil.
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Specimen
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COCLE: Aguadulce, Pittier 49I6, 4920. CANAL ZONE: Corozal, Killip 4243. PANAMA: Matias Hernandez, Standley 28905, 3I983; Nuevo San Francisco, Standley 30747; Panama', Standley 27802; mouth of Pacora River, Killip 421o; Rio Tecu'men, Standley 26624; between Rio Chilibre and Alhajuela, Pittier 2327.
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