Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc.

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 : 543

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.507

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5465591

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc.
status

 

Sporobolus cubensis Hitchc. View in CoL

Identification. Perennial tussock grass, 50–70 cm height. Leaf-blades lanceolate with trichomes on the margin, 10–23 cm long, 0.3–0.4 cm wide, ligulate. Distinguished by its open panicle, 8–15 cm long with verticillate branches.

Remarks. Relatively common species on the native grassland, occurring mainly over shallow soils.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Sporobolus

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