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Part 7 - UNC Herbarium

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POACEAE 850<br />

1 Spikelets 1.5-2.8 mm long.<br />

2 Spikelets 1.5-2.2 mm long; leaf blades mostly 8-10 mm wide.....................................................................A. compressus<br />

2 Spikelets 2.2-2.8 mm long; leaf blades mostly 2-4 (-6) mm wide...................................................................A. fissifolius<br />

Axonopus compressus (Swartz) Palisot de Beauvois, Southern Carpet Grass. Cp (GA, SC, VA?): lawns; rare, probably<br />

introduced. Reported for VA by HC. Sometimes used as a lawn grass in the deep South. [= FNA, HC, K, S; Paspalum]<br />

Axonopus fissifolius (Raddi) Kuhlm., Common Carpet Grass. Cp, Pd (GA, NC, SC, VA): sandy forests, roadsides, lawns;<br />

common. June-October. VA south to FL, west to TX and OK, and extending into tropical America. [= FNA, K; ? A. affinis<br />

Chase – RAB, GW, HC, W; = Paspalum fissifolium Raddi]<br />

Axonopus furcatus (Flügge) A.S. Hitchcock, Big Carpetgrass. Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA), Pd (GA, NC, SC): sandy forests,<br />

bottomlands, roadsides, lawns; common. July-October. Se. VA south to FL, west to TX and AR. [= RAB, C, F, FNA, G, GW,<br />

HC, K, S; = Paspalum furcatum Flügge]<br />

Bambusa Schreber (Bamboo)<br />

* Bambusa oldhamii Munro is reported for NC (Kartesz 1999). {investigate} [=Sinocalamus latiflorus (Munro) McClure –<br />

K, misapplied]<br />

* Bambusa vulgaris Schrader ex J.C. Wendland, Common Bamboo, is reported for SC (Kartesz 1999). {investigate} [= K]<br />

Bothriochloa Kuntze (Beardgrass, Cane Bluestem)<br />

A genus of ca. 35 species, widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and new World. References: Allred in FNA<br />

(2003a); Vega (2000)=Z; Allred & Gould (1983)=Y. Key adapted from Allred in FNA (2003a).<br />

1 Sessile spikelets 4.5-8.5 mm long......................................................................................................................... B. barbinodis<br />

1 Sessile spikelets 3-4.5 mm long.<br />

2 Pedicellate spikelets about as long as the sessile spikelets.<br />

3 Rachises longer than the branches.............................................................................................................[B. bladhii]<br />

3 Rachises shorter than the branches...............................................................................B. ischaemum var. songarica<br />

2 Pedicellate spikelets much shorter than the sessile spikelets.<br />

4 Panicles reddish when mature; hairs below the sessile spikelets sparse and ca. 1/4 as long as the spikelets, not<br />

obscuring the spikelets ..............................................................................................................................[B. bladhii]<br />

4 Panicles silvery-white or tannish when mature, hairs below the sessile spikelets dense and > ½ as long as the<br />

spikelets, somewhat obscuring the spikelets ..................................................................B. laguroides ssp. torreyana<br />

* Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lagasca y Segura) Herter, Cane Bluestem, Pinhole Bluestem. Cp, Pd (SC): disturbed areas; rare,<br />

introduced from w. United States. [= FNA, K; > Bothriochloa perforata (Trinius ex E. Fourn.) Herter – Z; = Andropogon<br />

barbinodis Lagasca y Segura – HC; > Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lagasca y Segura) Herter var. perforata (Trinius ex E. Fourn.)<br />

Gould; > Andropogon perforatus Trinius ex E. Fourn.]<br />

* Bothriochloa ischaemum (Linnaeus) Keng var. songarica (Ruprecht ex Fischer & C.A. Meyer) Celarier & Harlan, King<br />

Ranch Bluestem. Cp (SC): disturbed places; rare, introduced from western North America. Reported for SC (Kartesz 1999). [=<br />

K, Z; < B. ischaemum – FNA]<br />

* Bothriochloa laguroides (Augustin de Candolle) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steudel) Allred & Gould, Silver Bluestem. Cp<br />

(GA, SC), Pd (GA): disturbed areas; rare, introduced from {}. Reported for SC (Kartesz 1999), ne. GA (Jones & Coile 1988;<br />

Allred & Gould 1983), e. TN, and c. TN (Chester et al. 1993), in some cases as B. saccharoides var. torreyana. [= FNA, K, Y, Z;<br />

= B. saccharoides (Sw.) Rydberg var. torreyana (Steudel) Gould]<br />

* Bothriochloa bladhii (Retzius) S.T. Blake, Australian Bluestem, is reported from e. TN (according to specimen cited by<br />

FNA and Z) and FL. [= FNA, K, Z] {synonymy incomplete}<br />

* Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus, Pitted Bluestem. Introduced at scattered sites in e. North America, including<br />

FL, LA, MD, and MS (FNA, Kartesz 1999). [= FNA, K, Z] {not keyed at this time; synonymy incomplete}<br />

Bouteloua Lagasca y Segura (Grama)<br />

A genus of about 40 species, of the Western Hemisphere. References: Herrera Arrieta, Peterson, & de la Cerda Lemus<br />

(2004)=X; Columbus (1999)=Z; Gould (1979)=Y; Wipff in FNA (2003a); Snow in FNA (2003a). Key based in part on Wipff in<br />

FNA (2003a)<br />

1 All spikelets unisexual, plants usually dioecious; [introduced species] ................................................................B. dactyloides<br />

1 Lowest floret in each spikelet bisexual, the upper staminate or sterile; [introduced or native species].

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