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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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''Dichanthelium consanguineum'' is a perennial graminoid.
  
''Dichanthelium consanguineum'' is a perennial graminoid.
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Generally, for the ''Dichanthelium'' genus, they have "spikelets usually in panicles, round or nearly so in cross section, 2-flowered, terminal fertile, basal sterile, neutral or staminate. First glume usually present, 2nd glume and sterile lemma similar; fertile lemma and palea indurate without hyaline margins. Taxonomically our most difficult and least understood genus of grasses, more than 100 species an varieties are ascribed to the Carolinas by some authors. Note general descriptions for species groups (e.g., 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 26-62)." - Radford et al 1964.
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Specifically, for the ''D. consanguineum'' species, they are "
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 15:41, 21 January 2016

Dichanthelium consanguineum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Dichanthelium
Species: D. consanguineum
Binomial name
Dichanthelium consanguineum
(Kunth) Gould & C.A. Clark
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Natural range of Dichanthelium consanguineum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: blood panicgrass

Synonym: Panicum consanguineum Kunth

Taxonomic notes

Description

Dichanthelium consanguineum is a perennial graminoid.

Generally, for the Dichanthelium genus, they have "spikelets usually in panicles, round or nearly so in cross section, 2-flowered, terminal fertile, basal sterile, neutral or staminate. First glume usually present, 2nd glume and sterile lemma similar; fertile lemma and palea indurate without hyaline margins. Taxonomically our most difficult and least understood genus of grasses, more than 100 species an varieties are ascribed to the Carolinas by some authors. Note general descriptions for species groups (e.g., 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 26-62)." - Radford et al 1964.

Specifically, for the D. consanguineum species, they are "

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

D. consanguineum can be found mainly on dry sandy soils (FSU Herbarium). It occurs in pine flatwoods, pine-cypress savannas, and mixed pine-oak forests (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: L. C. Anderson, Sidney McDaniel, A. H. Curtiss, and Geo V. Nash. States and Counties: Florida: Duval, Lake, Leon, Liberty, and Okaloosa

Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 142-152. Print.