Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Imperata brasiliensis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Imperata brasiliensis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Imperata brasiliensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Imperata cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in the Florida flora II (Ward, 2004)
Imperata cylindrica var. mexicana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Imperata brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Imperata brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Imperata brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Imperata brasiliensis
COMMON NAME:
Brazilian Satintail
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_imbr_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Imperata brasiliensis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Imperata brasiliensis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Imperata brasiliensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Imperata cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in the Florida flora II (Ward, 2004)
Imperata cylindrica var. mexicana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Imperata brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Imperata brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Imperata brasiliensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Imperata brasiliensis
4811
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Pine rocklands, mesic flatwoods. Native and relatively conservative in its s. FL habitat, per Weakley's Flora
Native: south Florida
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LEAVES:
Simple
Most leaves arising from near the base, with overlapping sheaths
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
Spikelets with silvery-white hairs
FRUIT:
Spring?
Grain brown
Grain
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