View source for Chloris canterae

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|accepted_name=Chloris canterae
|accepted_authority=Arechav.
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|common_names=Paraguayan windmill-grass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Chloris;Chloris canterae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chloris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chloris canterae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 208
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> to 100 cm, erect. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous; ligules about 0.5 mm, membranous, erose; blades to 25 cm long, 1-6 mm wide, flat or involute, sometimes appear¬ing filiform, bases with hairs to 7 mm. <b>Panicles</b> digitate, with 2-9 evidently separate branches; branches 3-14 cm, erect to curving, averaging 11 spikelets per cm. <b>Spikelets</b> strongly imbricate, light to medium brown, with 2(3) sterile florets. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1.6-2.4 mm; upper glumes 2.3-3.8 mm; lowest lemmas 2.7-4.2 mm long, 0.6-1.1 mm wide, marginal veins and keels densely and conspicuously hairy, hairs 1.5-3 mm, awns 2.4-5.5 mm; second florets 1.1-1.8 mm, about 1/2 as wide as long, conspicuously widened distally, laterally compressed, glabrous, truncate, awned, awns 1.5-3.5 mm; distal sterile floret(s) similar but smaller, longer than the subtending rachilla segments, unawned. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.3-2 mm long, 0.8-0.9 mm wide, ovoid-ellipsoid.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Chloris canterae</i> is native to South America. Both of its varieties are found in the coastal plain of Texas and Louisiana. In South America, they are essentially sympatric, but occupy different habitats.</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Leaves primarily cauline, 2.5-6 mm wide, flat; panicle branches 4-14 cm long
|[[Chloris canterae var. canterae|Chloris canterae var. canterae]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves primarily basal, 1-1.5 mm wide, involute; panicle branches 3-6 cm long
|[[Chloris canterae var. grandiflora|Chloris canterae var. grandiflora]]
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|authority=Arechav.
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|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Chloris
|species=Chloris canterae
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