Setaria barbata (Lam.) Kunth (Révis. Gramin. 47. 1829.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic,], Puerto Rico (exotic)[], ], North America (exotic), Central America (exotic), South America (exotic), Old World (native), Common Names: Corn grass (Jamaica), Palmilla (Puerto Rico), Rabo de foca (Puerto Rico), Rabo de zorra (Puerto Rico), Yerba María (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Chaetochloa barbata (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase (Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 18: 348. 1917.), Panicum barbatum Lam. (Tabl. Encycl. 1: 171. 1791.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 6). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 7). Zuloaga, F.O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 1-662. Last edited 09 Dec 09 |