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(Last Modified On 10/22/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/22/2012)
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Species
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MANISURIS AURITA (Steud.) Kuntze
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Rev. Gen. P1. 33:3 56. 1898.
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Synonym
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Rottboellia aurita Steud. Syn. P1. Glum. 1:361. 1854.
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Description
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Perennial; culms densely tufted, erect, 1-1.5 m. high, glabrous; sheaths com- pressed, keeled, glabrous, the lower ones longer, the upper ones shorter than the internodes; ligule less than 0.5 mm. long, membranaceous, minutely ciliate; blades elongate, conduplicate, hirsute on the upper surface near the base, the margins scabrous; flowering branches from the middle and upper nodes, appressed, formning a long, narrow inflorescence; racemes 3-10 cm. long, partly included in the spathes, the rachis and sterile pedicels auriculate at the summit, the auricles prominent or sometimes very small; sessile spikelets 3-4 mm. long, smooth or obscurely pitted, rather broadly winged; pedicellate spikelet narrower but much shorter than the sessile.
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Distribution
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Marshes and savannas, Costa Rica to Bolivia and Argentina.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQuI: El Boquete, Woodson d Schery 740. PANAMA: Chepo, Pittier 4649.
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