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Melinis

not marked as a favorite taxon *Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Molasses Grass. Phenology: Oct-Jan. Habitat: Disturbed areas, pine rocklands, flatwoods, fruit groves. Introduced as a forage grass. Distribution: Native of Africa.

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Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, K4, Meso6, NS, POWO, SFla. Basionym: Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois 1812

Links to other floras: = Melinis minutiflora - FNA25

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