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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
Species ELEOCHARIS RETROFLEXA (Poir.) Urban
PlaceOfPublication Symb. Antill. 2:165. 1900.
Synonym Scirpus retroflexus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6:753. 1804.
Description 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.
Distribution 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.
Specimen 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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