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Comprehensive Description

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Paspalum mandiocaaum Trin. Gram. Pan. 113. 1826
Stems tufted, simple, up to 8 dm. tall, glabrous; sheaths glabrous, or sometimes ciliate; blades up to 2 dm. long and 2.5 cm. wide, flat, elliptic, narrowed at both ends, ciliate, the surfaces glabrous or sparingly hirsute; racemes 3-7, 3-7 cm. long, ascending, the rachis less than 1 mm. wide; spikelets in pairs, 2.25-2.5 mm. long, 1-1.25 mm. wide, elliptic, obtuse, appressed-pubescent, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 3-nerved, the fruiting scale yellowish.
Type locality : Brazil.
Distribution : Southern Mexico to Panama ; also in Brazil.
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George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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