Panicum geminatum Forssk.
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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 - Aquatic. Culms 6-12 dm. long, usually clothed with sheaths below; leaves glabrous, 2.5 dm. long or less, 6-10 mm. wide; racemes 10-20, one-sided, the rachis broadly winged, appressed, 2-4 cm. long; spikelets about 2.5 mm. long, ovate, acute, glabrous, singly disposed in 2 rows, the first scale broader than long and clasping the spikelet at its base, truncate at the apex, the fourth scale transversely wrinkled.
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Distribution
Wet or moist places. Great Bahamma, Abaco. Berry Islands, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Great Exuma, Long Island. Fortune Island, Crooked Island, and Inagua : Bermuda : southern Florida and Texas ; in tropical regions generally. Erroneously referred, by authors, to P. paspaloides Pers. Watkk-grass.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Berry Islands Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America|