Andropogon bicornis L.
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Authority
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Robust perennials; culms 100-200 X 0.5-1 cm, abundantly branched to form a large, bushy, compound inflorescence 15-50 X 10-15 cm. Individual racemes 1.5-3.5 cm long; spikelets paired, the sessile one 2.5-3.3 mm long, linear lanceolate, the pedicellate one rudimentary or absent; rachis of racemes terminating in a very well-developed dark-colored, pedicellate spikelet 3.5-4.3 mm long. Fr (Jun); clearings in and near Saul, common along landing strip.