Paspalum fimbriatum Kunth
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual; culms tufted, glabrous, often branched below, 3-8 dm. high, the sheaths hirsute or glabrous. Leaves 1-2.5 dm. long, 1.5 cm. wide or less, ciliate; racemes 2-6, erect or ascending, 2.5-7 cm. long; spikelets mostly in pairs, suborbicular, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, the scales papillose, 3-nerved, the lower one with a broad cleft wing, with ciliate segments, the next with a similar partial wing, the fruiting scale 7-ridged.
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Distribution
Waste and cultivated grounds, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island : Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico to Trinidad ; Jamaica ; South America. Fringed Paspalum.
South Andros Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America| South America|