Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl dichotoma (Enum. Pl. 2: 287. 1805.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Mona, Santiago, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (native),
Common Names: Junquito (Puerto Rico), Slender fimbristylis (Bahamas),
Synonyms: Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult. (Syst. Veg. 2: 95. 1817.), Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roem. & Schult. var. diphylla (Retz.) Kük. (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 196. 1926.`), Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl var. annua (All.) Zavaro (Fontqueria 42: 199. 1995.), Fimbristylis diphylla (Retz.) Vahl (Enum. Pl. 2: 289. 1805.), Fimbristylis eggersii Boeckeler (Beitr. Cyper. 2: 17. 1890.), Fimbristylis laxa Vahl (Enum. Pl. 2: 292. 1805.), Fimbristylis obtusifolia (Lam.) Kunth (Enum. Pl. 2: 240. 1837.), Fimbristylis polymorpha Boeckeler (Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1869: 141. 1869.), Fimbristylis villosa (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. (in J.J. Roemer & J.A. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 98. 1817.), Scirpus annuus All. (Fl. Pedem. 2: 277. 1785.), Scirpus dichotomus L. (Sp. Pl. 50. 1753.), Scirpus diphyllus Retz. (Observ. Bot. 5: 15. 1788.), Scirpus obtusifolius Lam. (Tabl. Encycl. 1: 141. 1791.), Scirpus villosus Poir. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 781. 1805),
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