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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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Species
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FIMBRISTYLIS ANNUA (All.) R. & S.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Syst. 2:95. 1817
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Synonym
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Scirpus diphyllus Retz. Obs. Bot. 5:15. 1789. Fimbristylis laxa Vahl, Enum. 2:292. 1806. Fimbristylis polymorpha Boeckl. Vid. Medd. Kjobenhavn 1869:141. 1870.
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Description
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Annual or perennial, glabrous or pubescent; culms 5-60 cm. high; leaves shorter than the culms; inflorescence loose and open, the spikelets numerous, 5-10 mm. long, solitary, acute, brown or castaneous; style 2-fid, prominently fimbriate; achenes obovoid, biconvex, white or stramineous, with about 10 rows of hori- zontally-elongated cells on each face and about 10 longitudinal ribs formed by the cell margins.
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Note
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This species varies greatly in size, the perennial phase being var. diphylla Kuekenthal in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. 23:196. 1926. It is one of the most widely spread plants in the world, in dry or moist habitat, at low altitudes in both temperate and tropical regions. There are 400 or more synonyms.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Changuinola Valley, Dunlap I85; Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel I255; Hart 68. COCLE: Nata, alt. 50i m., Allen 845; between Las Margaritas and El Valle, Woodson, Allen L Seibert I724, 1775. COLON: Porto Bello, Pittier 2455. CANAL ZONE: Balboa Heights, Killip 4236; Darien, Standley 3I572; Summit, Standley 29507, 30049, 30054; Gamboa, Standley 2847I; Frijoles, Standley 27647; Gatu'n, Standley 27277; Culebra, Pittier 379I; between Fort Clayton and Corozal, Standley 29079; and many other collections. PANAMA: east of Pacora, ca. 25 m., Woodson, Allen d Seibert, 742, 745; between Pacora and Chepo, ca. 25 m., Woodson, Allen d Seibert I633, I636; Nuevo San Francisco, Standley 30726; Rio Tapia, Standley 2882I; Rio Tecu'men, Standley 29404; Taboga Island, Killip 415I; Juan Diaz, Killip 4059, 4052; Matias Hernaindez, Standley 28900; Panami, Standley 27822; Punta Paitilla, Standley 26299; Las Sabanas, Standley 25905; Chepo, Pittier 4528; Isthmus of Panama, Fendler 345.
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