Panicum rudgei Roem. & Schult.

Camargo Keller, Victor, Lopes Pereira-Silva, Erico Fernando & Hardt, Elisa, 2021, High richness, new occurrences, and threatened species in a savanna grassland remnant in the largest Brazilian metropolis, Check List 17 (2), pp. 507-549 : 535

Panicum rudgei Roem. & Schult.

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Identification. Perennial decumbent, rhizomatous grass, 50–90 cm height. Leaf-blades inear-lanceolate acuminate, densely covered with hairs on both sides, 16–36 cm long, 0.6–1.1 cm wide, ligulate. It is identified by its typ- ical panicle, 13–45 cm long, with hairs on the axile and glabrous spikelets.

Common name. Navalinha, Capim-mirião

Remarks. A uncommon species, occurring sparsely on the native grassland.

Brazilian range. Midwest, North (except TO state), Northeast (except MA, PI, RN and SE states), South (PR state) and Southeast regions.

Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′42″S, 046°42′06″W; 2 Feb. 2017; collection number vck27; HUFABC1903 .