Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Rhaphis trivial is Lour.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 45=Andropogon acicu-
laris Roem. & Schultes; Blanco L c. ed. 2 (1845) 26; ed. 3, 1 (1877)
49=ANDROPOGON ACICULATUS Retz.
This was correctly referred to Rhaphis trivialis Lour., and
later to Andropogon wicvlaris R. & S. by Blanco, the former
beiiig a synonym of the latter. The species is a pest in the
settled areas of the Philippines on account of its barbed rachillas
by which the spikelets adhere to ones clothing and to the fur
of animals. It is very common and widely distributed in the
Philippines but has no true native names, being known by a
Spanish name, amoves secos, or corruptions of it; this probably
indicates its introduction into the Philippines after the arrival
of the Spaniards, for it is certainly not indigenous to the Archi-
pelago.
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, October, 1913
(Merrill: Species Blg/ncoanae No. 5U6).
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546« Andropogon aoieulatus Bets,
EHapkis trlTlalis Lonr*
Andropogon acicul&ris B. &
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