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Oplismenus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Oplismenus burmanni (Retzius) Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Zacatillo, Burman’s Basket-grass. Habitat: Hammocks, trails, gardens, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of New World and Old World tropics. Collected in peninsular FL from Alachua County southwards (Davis, Judd, & Perkins 2006).

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Origin/Endemic status: Pantropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; Panicum burmanni Retz. = n/a — FNA25, SFla; = Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P.Beauv. — FlGr, WH3; > Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P.Beauv. var. burmannii — Meso6; > Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P.Beauv. var. nudicaulis (Vasey) McVaugh — Meso6. Basionym: Panicum burmanni Retz. 1783

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