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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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ERAGROSTIS DOMINGENSIS
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PlaceOfPublication
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Syn. P1. Glum. 1:278. 1854.
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Synonym
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Poa domingensis, Pers. Syn. P1. 1:88. 1805. Eragrostis maxima Fourn. Mex. P1. 2:114. 1886.
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Description
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Perennial; culms relatively stout, erect, mostly 1-2 m. high, frequently with a few branches from the middle nodes; sheaths firm, usually longer than the inter- nodes; blades firm, flat, elongate, attenuate, as much as 7 mm. wide, smooth beneath, scabrous on the upper surface and on the margins; panicle narrow, dense, elongate, the branches ascending or appressed, floriferous to the base; spikelets 5-10 mm. long, 10- to 16-flowered, appressed, the pedicels much shorter than the spikelets; glumes acute, about 1 mm. long; lemmas 1.8-2 mm. long, acute; palea nearly as long as the lemma.
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Distribution
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Brackish marshes, often growing in large clumps, the West Indies and south- eastern Mexico to Colombia.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Bella Vista, Killip 4039; Panama, Hitchcock 8100.
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