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Echinochloa

not marked as a favorite taxon *Echinochloa colonum (Linnaeus) Link ssp. colonum. Common name: Jungle-rice. Phenology: Jul-Oct (-Jun). Habitat: Fields, ditches, disturbed wet areas. Distribution: Native of the Old World tropics.

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Origin/Endemic status: Paleotropics

Taxonomy Comments: The debate over the appropriate grammatical treatment and therefore spelling of the epithet is discussed in detail in Ward (2005b).

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, Banfi & Galasso (2021); = Echinochloa colona (L.) Link — Ar, Can, ETx1, FNA25, K4, Meso6, NcTx, NE, NS, Pa, S, S13, Tn, WH3, orthographic variant; = Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link — Bah, C, F, FlGr, G, GW1, HC, Il, Mo1, RAB, SFla, Tx, Va; = n/a — Tat; Panicum colonum Linnaeus. Basionym: Panicum colonum L. 1759

Links to other floras: = Echinochloa colona - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)
  • Midwest: FACW (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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