Paspalum orbiculare

Paspalum orbiculare Forster f., FI. Ins. Austr. Prodr. 7,1786.
Tufted, erect, glabrous, up to 60 or more cm. tall. Leaf blades linear, slightly scabrous.
Spikelets 2-ranked, imbricate, broadly elliptical. Racemes mostly 4-6, spike-like, up to 4 or
more cm. long, distantly spaced on axis.
Weed in taro plantations and waste areas (9621, 10165). English name,
rice grass.
DEPAUW UNIV.
HERBARIUM.
25464
HERBARIUM
t. G. YUNCKER
ITRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 19H
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop
No.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Presented to DPU Herbariura
by T. G. Yuncker
9621
paspalum orbiculare Forst.
weed In taro patch, 6 ml. east of
Alofl village. 66 m. alt.
Jan. 1’3> 194Ö.
Coll. T. G. Yçncke*
Dot. Agnes Chase
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