Dichanthelium portoricense (Desv. ex Ham.) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin (Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1649. 1989 ["1988"].)
Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native),
Common Names: Yerba de indio (Dominican Republic),
Synonyms: Dichanthelium portoricense (Desv. ex Ham.) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin subsp. patulum (Scribn. & Merr.) Freckmann & Lelong (Sida 20: 170. 2002.), Dichanthelium sabulorum (Lam.) Gould & C.H. Clark var. thinium (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould & C.A. Clark (Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 1113. 1979 ["1978"].), Panicum lancearum Trin. (Gram. Panic. 223. 1826.), Panicum nashianum Scribn. (Bull. Div. Agrostol., U.S.D.A. 7: 79. 1897.), Panicum pauciciliatum Ashe (J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 16: 87. 1900.), Panicum portoricense Desv. ex Ham. (Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 11. 1825.), Panicum wilmingtonense Ashe (J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 16: 86. 1900.),
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