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|accepted_name=Eustachys distichophylla
|accepted_authority=(Lag.) Nees
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chloris distichophylla
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Eustachys;Eustachys distichophylla
|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>[[Eustachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eustachys distichophylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 222
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>60-140 cm, erect. <b>Blades</b> to 31 cm long, 10-15 mm wide, usually folded, apices obtuse. <b>Panicles</b> with 10-36 branches; branches 6-17 cm, flexible. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.4-3 mm; florets 2(3). <b>Lower</b> glumes (1.2)1.5-2 mm, lanceolate, apices acute; upper glumes 1.6-2.6 mm, narrowly oblong, apices truncate or bilobed, awned, awns 0.3-0.6 mm; calluses with a few hairs, hairs about 0.3 mm; lowest lemmas (2.2)2.5-2.9 mm, lanceolate, not strongly keeled, keels glabrous, lateral veins with strongly spreading, white, 1-1.8 mm hairs, apices acute to mucronate; second lemmas 1.2-2 mm, oblanceolate, apices obtuse, third rudimentary lemma occasionally present. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.1-1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Tex.;Ga.
|discussion=<p><i>Eustachys</i> distichopbylla is native to South America, but is now established along sandy roadsides, fields, and waste areas in the southern United States.</p>
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name=Eustachys distichophylla
|authority=(Lag.) Nees
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Chloris distichophylla
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Karen Klitz
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Tex.;Ga.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_819.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Eustachys
|species=Eustachys distichophylla
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