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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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ELEOCHARIS GENICULATA (L.) R. & S.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Syst. 2:150. 1817.
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Synonym
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Scirpus geniculatus L. Sp. P1. 48. 1753 (in part), and ed. 2, 71. 1762. Scirpus elegans HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:226. 1816.
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Description
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Rhizomes often coarse, the culms 3-10 idm. high, transversely septate, terete; spikelets 1-3 cm. long, 5-9 mm. thick, brown, the scales acutish; bristles equaling or longer than the achene, which is ellipsoid, biconvex to trigonous, granular, yellow-brown, the tubercle usually flattened, dark brown, elongate.
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Distribution
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In wet soil, often in marshes or along stream banks; 1500 m. Generally distributed in tropical America, from central Mexico and the West Indies to Argentina.
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Elevation
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1500 m.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Finca Lerida to Boquete, ca. 1300-1700 m., Woodson, Allen d Seibert II59; Boquete, alt. 1200-1500 m., Woodson d Schery 706; El Boquete, Hitchcock 8290; David- son 646. COCLE: El Valle de Anton, Muenscber I2089, I209I; Aguadulce, Pittier 4964. CANAL ZONE: Corozal Road, Killip 4II7; Mamei, Pittier 2253, 3794; Gorgona, Hitcbcock 8Io8; Juan Mina, Piper 5699. PANAMA: east of Pacora, ca. 25 m., Woodson, Allen C Seibert 746; Chepo, Pittier 4672; Nuevo San Francisco, Standley 30760.
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