Family:
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus:
Dichanthelium (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould

Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark

This species is accepted, and its native range is E. U.S.A. to Ecuador, Caribbean. It is used as a medicine.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–3000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Vaupés.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 3000 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

[GB]
Morphology General Habit
Perennial. Culms 15-40 cm long. Culm-internodes distally pubescent. Culm-nodes bearded. Lateral branches sparse, or ample; arising from lower culm. Leaves heterophyllous with a basal winter rosette. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or pilose; with tubercle-based hairs. Ligule a fringe of hairs; 3-4 mm long. Leaf-blades 4-8 cm long; 5-12 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins tuberculate-ciliate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; oblong; 3-9 cm long. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong, or obovate; dorsally compressed; acute; 1.5-2 mm long; falling entire.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong, or obovate; dorsally compressed; acute; 1.5-2 mm long; falling entire.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes dissimilar; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 0.25-0.33 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 7-9 -veined. Upper glume surface pubescent. Upper glume apex obtuse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Basal sterile florets barren; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 7-9 -veined; pubescent; obtuse. Palea of lower sterile floret 0.25 length of lemma. Fertile lemma ovate; dorsally compressed; 1.5-2 mm long; indurate; without keel. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea involute; indurate.
Distribution
Europe: eastern. Asia-temperate: Caucasus. Australasia: New Zealand. North America: western Canada, eastern Canada, northwest USA, north-central USA, northeast USA, southwest USA, south-central USA, southeast USA, and Mexico. South America: Mesoamericana, Caribbean, northern South America, and western South America.
Reference
Paniceae. Fl Pac NW 1994.

[UPFC]
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Belize, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Texas, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Austria, France, Hawaii, New Zealand North, Transcaucasus, Ukraine

Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Heller, A. [12] Panicum acuminatum K000309179 Yes
von Türckheim, H. [428], Guatemala Panicum acuminatum K000309156 Yes
Smith, H.H. [2140], Colombia Panicum acuminatum K001469390 Yes

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 1121 (1978 publ. 1979)

Accepted by

  • Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and ajacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Thomas, J.R. (2015). Revision of Dichanthelium sect. Lanuginosa (Poaceae) Phytoneuron 2015-50: 1-59.

Not accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Panicum acuminatum.]
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Panicum acuminatum.]

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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