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Revision as of 15:40, 29 April 2019

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Dichanthelium filiramum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dichanthelium
Species: D. filiramum
Binomial name
Dichanthelium filiramum
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Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Panicum chrysopsidifolium Nash; P. consanguineum Kunth; P. aciculare Desvaux ex Poiret; P. lanuginosum Elliott var. lanuginosum; Dichanthelium acuminatum (Swartz) Gould & C.A. Clark var. acuminatum

This species is still being clarified, and is associated with the Dichanthelium aciculare complex as well as the D. acuminatum complex.[1]

Description

Dichanthelium filiramum is a perennial graminoid in the Poaceae family. Leaves are longitudinally wrinkled 15 to 20 times or more as long as wide, and also contains strongly nerved spikelets. Nodes are villous with longer ligules as well.[1]

Distribution

The species is native to the eastern United States from Delaware south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas. It is also native to the West Indies.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

D. filiramum can be found pinelands ranging from dry to moist soils.[1] A specimen collected from the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida panhandle found the species frequent in an open area of cutover pine flatwoods that was near a trail in wet loamy sand.[2]

Phenology

This species generally flowers from May until October.[1] This species was observed fruiting in May.[2]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: April 2019. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin.