*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.
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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