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Pseudoraphis spinescens (R. Br.) Vickery

Description

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Stem floating on water, nodes pubescent. Blade lanceolate-linear, 3-6 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, with a petiole of ca. 1 mm long, membranaceous, erose. Panicle 6-14 cm long, branches stiff, extending beyond spikelet into a bristle of 6-10 mm long. Spikelets hispid, lanceolate, 5-7 mm long, solitary on pedicel of ca. 0.5 mm long; lower glume truncate or rounded, hyaline, ca. 0.5 mm long; upper glume 5- 7 mm long, acuminate, hispid on veins; lower lemma slightly shorter than upper glume, veins ca. 13, obscure, acuminate, enclosing a lower palea and a staminate flower; upper lemma pistillate 1.6-1.8 mm long, membranaceous; anther ca.1 mm long. Caryopsis much exceeding upper floret when mature.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Gramineae (Poaceae) in Flora of Taiwan Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Poaceae in Flora of Taiwan @ eFloras.org
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Chang-Sheng Kuoh
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Distribution

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India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar. Indochina, Malesia, northern Australia, China and Japan. Taiwan, growing in shallow water or floating on deep water.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Gramineae (Poaceae) in Flora of Taiwan Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Poaceae in Flora of Taiwan @ eFloras.org
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Chang-Sheng Kuoh
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eFloras.org
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Synonym

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Panicum spinescens R. Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 193. 1810.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Gramineae (Poaceae) in Flora of Taiwan Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Poaceae in Flora of Taiwan @ eFloras.org
editor
Chang-Sheng Kuoh
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras