Paspalum millegrana Schrad.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Paspalum millegrana Schrad.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Culms stout, 1-1.5 m. high, often clustered, smooth. Lower sheaths nodulose, overlapping; leaves elongated, roughish, 5-10 mm. wide, commonly pubescent above; racemes many, close toegther, ascending or nearly erect, 410 cm. long; spikelets glabrous, suborbicular or obovate-orbicular, about 2 mm. long, usually purplish; rachis sparingly pilose.

  • Distribution

    New Providence Caccording to Hitchcock and Chase) : Jamaica: Cuba; Porto Rico; Tobago; Trinidad to southern Brazil. Underwood's Paspalum.

    Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| Puerto Rico South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Brazil South America|