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Urochloa adspersa (Trin.) R.D. Webster (Syst. Bot. 13: 607. 1988.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Martinique, Monserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Caja de Muertos, Culebra, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Alpistillo (Cuba), Arrocillo (Dominican Republic), Cohitrillo (Dominican Republic), Cohitrillo (Puerto Rico), Loose panic-grass (Bahamas), Millito (Puerto Rico), Pajón de sabana (Dominican Republic), Parodi (Haiti), Synonyms: Brachiaria adspersa (Trin.) Parodi (Darwiniana 15: 96. 1969.), Brachiaria echinulata (Mez) Parodi (Darwiniana 15: 94. 1969.), Panicum adspersum Trin. (Gram. Panic. 146. 1826., weedy in PR), Panicum echinulatum Mez (Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 62. 1917.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 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). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). Graveson, R. 2010. The plants of St. Lucia. Website: //saintlucianplants.com/index.html 6). Hitchcock, A.S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies. U.S.D.A. Miscellaneous Publication No. 243. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 10). 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. 11). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 12). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 13). 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 15 Dec 09 |