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|accepted_name=Panicum sect. Repentia
|accepted_authority=Stapf
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Panicum;Panicum subg. Panicum;Panicum sect. Repentia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Panicum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Panicum subg. Panicum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Panicum sect. Repentia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 470
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous, rhizomes long or short, sometimes with scalelike leaves, some¬times forming a compact, knotty base. <b>Culms</b> 20-300 cm, erect, firm, terete, often glaucous. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous or pilose; ligules 0.5-6 mm, membranous, ciliate; blades linear (sometimes involute), firm. <b>Panicles</b> open or contracted. <b>Spikelets</b> lanceoloid, glabrous, acute to acuminate. <b>Lower</b> glumes about 1/4 - 2/3 as long as the spikelets, 1-7-veined, usually acute or truncate, some¬times acuminate; upper glumes and lower lemmas unequal, stiffly pointed, upper glumes often exceeding the lower lemmas, the two often separating (gaping) beyond the florets; lower florets staminate; lower paleas well-developed; upper florets smooth, shiny, often pointed.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p>There are approximately 12 species of <i>Panicum </i>sect.<i> Repentia</i> in the Western Hemisphere, four of which grow in the Flora region. The species generally inhabit wet sites, growing on coastal dunes, sea beaches or along the margins of rivers.</p>
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name=Panicum sect. Repentia
|authority=Stapf
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Panicum
|subgenus=Panicum subg. Panicum
|section=Panicum sect. Repentia
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