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Disakisperma

not marked as a favorite taxon Disakisperma dubium (Kunth) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow. Common name: Green Sprangletop. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Coastal rock barrens (s. FL), rocky slopes, hammocks, disturbed areas (including as a waif at wool-combing mills and ballast sites). Distribution: FL, TX, and CA south through Central America and South America. Also reported for NC by Kartesz (1999), but the documentation indicates that it was cultivated at a Soil Conservation Service test nursery in Chapel Hill, Orange County.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, K4, Mex, Snow & Peterson (2012); = Diplachne dubia (Kunth) Benth. — S13; = Disakisperma dubia (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow — NY, Peterson et al (2012), orthographic variant; = Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees — ETx1, FNA25, HC, Meso6, Mo1, NcTx, SFla, Tx, WH3; = n/a — C, RAB; Chloris dubia Kunth. Basionym: Chloris dubia Kunth 1815

Links to other floras: = Leptochloa dubia - FNA25

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Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Disakisperma dubium© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
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