(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 RETROFLEXA (Poir.) Urban
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Symb. Antill. 2:165. 1900.
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Synonym
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Scirpus retroflexus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6:753. 1804.
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Description
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Rhizomes filiform; culms capillary, 2-20 cm. long; spikelets 3-4 mm. long, containing 1-4 achenes, green, sometimes spotted with purple, the scales acutish; bristles equaling the achene, which is obovoid, trigonous, white, coarsely cancellate, the tubercle pyramidal.
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Distribution
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In moist soil, the matted plants forming pure colonies in wet fields or pastures. Abundant in the American tropics, from Alabama, Cuba, and southern Mexico to Colombia and Brazil.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 2724. CHIRIQUI: El Boquete, alt. 1200-1500 m., Woodson d Schery 756; Maxon 5380; Killip 4533; Davidson 572; Caor- man 2683. COCLE: El Valle, 800-1000 m., Allen I07. CoL6N: Porto Bello, Pittier 2453. CANAL ZONE: between Peluca Hydrographic Station and Quebrada Peluca, along Rio Boqueron, 70- m., Steyermark & Allen I7267; Culebra, Standley 25996; vic. France Field, Standley 30452. PANAMA: Rio Tecuimen, Standley 26657; Nuevo San Francisco, Stand- ley 30759; Chorrera, Killip 4334; Rio Pacora, KilliP 42II; Panam'a, Standley 26872; Chepo, Pittier 460I, 4559.
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