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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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RYNCHOSPORA POLYPHYLLA Vahl
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Enum. 2:23 0. 1806.
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Synonym
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Schoenus polyphyllus Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2:5. 1798
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Description
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Perennial, with slender rhizomes, the leaves and inflorescence usually short- pubescent; culms often 1 m. long, weak and often reclining; leaves equaling the culms, 4-7 mm. wide; panicles elongate, often 2-3 dm. long, narrow, the pale spikelets very numerous; achene obovate, 1.5 mm. long, pale brown, reticulate, the flattened glaucescent beak exceeding the achene; bristles none.
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Distribution
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In moist forests, Mexico and the West Indies to northern South America.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUf: El Boquete, Davidson 75I; Killip 4538.
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