View source for Leptochloa fusca

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|accepted_name=Leptochloa fusca
|accepted_authority=(L.) Kunth
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Leptochloa;Leptochloa fusca
|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>[[Leptochloa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leptochloa fusca]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 54
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or weakly perennial. <b>Culms</b> 5-170 cm, hollow. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous or scabrous; ligules 2-8 mm, membranous, attenuate, becoming lacerate at maturity; blades 3-50 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, glabrous or scabrous, those of the flag leaves sometimes exceeding the panicles. <b>Panicles</b> (1.5)10-105 cm long, 0.5-22 cm wide, with 3-35 racemose branches, bases of the panicles sometimes remaining enclosed in the upper leaf sheaths at maturity; branches 1.5-20(22) cm, ascending to reflexed. <b>Spikelets</b> 5-12(14) mm, with 6-20 florets. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1-3(4.9) mm; upper glumes 1.8-5.5 mm; lemmas 2-6 mm, sometimes with a dark spot near the base, apices acute to truncate, sometimes emarginate to bifid, unawned, mucronate, or awned; paleas somewhat sericeous along the veins; anthers 1-3, 0.2-2.7 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 0.8-2.4 mm, elliptic to ovate or obovate. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mo.;N.J.;Conn.;N.Y.;Wash.;Del.;D.C;Wis.;Pa.;W.Va.;Maine;N.H.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Wyo.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;Mass.;Tenn.;Ariz.;Calif.;Virgin Islands;R.I.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Miss.;Oreg.;Ala.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;S.C.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Minn.;Mich.;Mont.;B.C.;Ont.;Que.;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Leptochloa fusca</i> grows in warm areas throughout the world. The two American subspecies, <i></i></i>subsp.<i><i> uninervia</i> and <i></i></i>subsp.<i><i> fascicularis</i>, are usually distinct, but they intergrade repeatedly with <i>L. fusca </i>subsp.<i> fusca</i>.</p>
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==Key==
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|1
|Uppermost leaf blades exceeding the panicles; panicles usually partially enclosed in the uppermost leaf sheaths; mature lemmas often smoky white with a dark spot in the basal 1/2
|[[Leptochloa fusca subsp. fascicularis|Leptochloa fusca subsp. fascicularis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Uppermost leaf blades exceeded by the panicles; panicles usually completely exserted; mature lemmas usually lacking a dark spot.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Anthers 0.5-2.7 mm long; spikelets 6-14 mm long; lemmas obtuse, acute, or acuminate, sometimes bifid, light brown to dark green
|[[Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca|Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Anthers 0.2-0.6(1) mm long; spikelets 5-10 mm long; lemmas obtuse to truncate, usually notched and mucronate, often dark green or lead-colored
|[[Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia|Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia]]
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name=Leptochloa fusca
|author=
|authority=(L.) Kunth
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Mo.;N.J.;Conn.;N.Y.;Wash.;Del.;D.C;Wis.;Pa.;W.Va.;Maine;N.H.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Wyo.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;Mass.;Tenn.;Ariz.;Calif.;Virgin Islands;R.I.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Miss.;Oreg.;Ala.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;S.C.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Minn.;Mich.;Mont.;B.C.;Ont.;Que.;Ky.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Leptochloa
|species=Leptochloa fusca
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