Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Reimarochloa brasiliensis (Spreng;.) Hitchc. Contr. U. S. Nat
Herb. 12 : 198. 1909.
Agrostis brasiliensis Spreng. Novi Hort. Hal. 45. 1819. Reimaria brasiliensis Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. 10 : 17. 1852. Panicum oxyanikum Steud. Syn. Gram. 41. 1854.
Stems tufted, finally rooting at the lower nodes and usually sending up erect branches up to 1.5 dm. tall; leaf -sheaths ciliate on the margins, otherwise glabrous, or sparingly pubescent; blades glabrous or pubescent, 2-4 cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide; panicle of 5-12 slender racemes, 1.5-3 cm. long; spikelets lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm. long, rarely smaller or larger, acuminate, the outer scale 3-nerved, the lateral nerves hirsute, the fruiting scale thin, delicate, hyaline, usually longer than the outer scale, attenuate at the apex.
Type locality : Brazil.
Distribution : Cuba ; Haiti ; also in tropical South America.
- bibliographic citation
- George Valentine Nash. 1912. (POALES); POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
