Characteristics
Monocots
Phragmites australis (Cav.)Trin. ex Steud.
COMMON REED
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Phragmites australis s.str. (introduced, widespread in the USA, rare in Florida) is characterized by a dull culm with conspicuous longitudinal grooves and inflorescence branches stiffly ascending to erect. Phragmites australis was first reported from Florida from a 2013 collection in Pinellas Co. (Overholt PIN01, Overholt et al. 2014). See also http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in898
Not Native
FACW (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS (Cavanilles) Trinius ex Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 324. 1841.
Arundo australis Cavanilles 1799.
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Ca. half a league before reaching Botany Bay, coming from Port Jackson, Apr, Née s.n. (holotype: MA).
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Type
Arundo aggerum
Arundo aggerum Kittel, Linnaea 32: 307. 1863.
TYPE: AUSTRIA:
Arundo altissima
Arundo altissima Bentham, Cat. Pl. Pyren. 62. 1826.
TYPE: SPAIN:
Arundo australis
Arundo australis Cavanilles, Anales Hist. Nat. 1: 100. 1799.
TYPE: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Ca. half a league before reaching Botany Bay, coming from Port Jackson, Apr, Née s.n. (holotype: ?).
Arundo barbata
Arundo barbata Burchell, Trav. S. Africa 2: 271. 1824.
TYPE: SOUTH AFRICA:
Arundo graeca
Arundo graeca Link, Linnaea 9: 136. 1834.
TYPE: GREECE:
Arundo isiaca
Arundo isiaca Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 52. 1812, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Arundo maxima Forsskål 1775.
Arundo karka
Arundo karka Retzius, Observ. Bot. 4: 21. 1786.
INDIA: Koenig s.n. (holotype, LD [acc. no. 1213145]).
Arundo maxima
Arundo maxima Forsskål, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 24. 1775.
TYPE: EGYPT:
Arundo occidentalis
Arundo occidentalis Sieber ex Schultes, Mant. 2: 289. 1824.
TYPE: MARTINIQUE: Without data, Sieber 31 (holotype: B; isotype: MO).
Arundo palustris
Arundo palustris Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 24. 1796, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Arundo phragmites Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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