Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze, 1891 47% complete

Pimento grass

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Stenotaphrum secundatum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded20 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (Walter) Kuntze No source recorded
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Bibliography Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1891 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Pimento grass No source recorded
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Observations SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 24 cm Differs from sources
Flower color white
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Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
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Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
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Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Growth form Rhizomatous No source recorded
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Growth habit Graminoid No source recorded
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Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Maximum height 40 cm Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months jul, aug, sep No source recorded
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Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 2 / 9 · dry air No source recorded
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Light 9 / 9 · full sun No source recorded
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Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 4.8 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) No source recorded
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Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils No source recorded
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Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record