View source for Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum

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|accepted_name=Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum
|accepted_authority=(Lam.) Freckmann & Lelong
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Dichanthelium;Dichanthelium sect. Dichanthelium;Dichanthelium dichotomum;Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum
|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>[[Dichanthelium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Dichanthelium sect. Dichanthelium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dichanthelium dichotomum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 433
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>very similar in most respects to <i></i>subsp.<i> microcarpon</i>. <b>Fall</b> phase freely branching from all nodes, reclining from masses of branchlets and numerous reduced, ciliate blades and secondary panicles. <b>Cauline</b> sheaths and blades usually glabrous, lower sheaths and blades sometimes sparsely pubescent. <b>Spikelets</b> 1.8-2.5 mm (rarely longer), puberulent or pubescent. <b>Lower</b> glumes less than 1/3 as long as the spikelets, subacute; upper glumes and lower lemmas subequal; upper florets 1.7-2 mm long, 0.7-1.0 mm wide, subobtuse. <b>2n</b> = unknown.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Dichanthelium dichotomum </i>subsp.<i> nitidum</i> grows in moist to wet areas, and the borders of swamps. It is primarily a coastal plain taxon, ranging from Virginia to southeastern Texas and Florida.</p><!--
--><p><i>Dichanthelium dichotomum </i>subsp.<i> nitidum</i> is very similar to both <i></i>subsp.<i> microcarpon</i> and <i></i>subsp.<i> mattamuskeetense</i>, and intergrades with each occasionally.</p>
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name=Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum
|authority=(Lam.) Freckmann & Lelong
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Dichanthelium
|section=Dichanthelium sect. Dichanthelium
|species=Dichanthelium dichotomum
|subspecies=Dichanthelium dichotomum subsp. nitidum
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