Herbarium Specimen Details

Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Loop Road.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. G. Atwater
Collection Date 09 Nov 1958
Accession Number 55018
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Loop Road.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. G. Atwater
Collection Date 09 Nov 1958
Accession Number 57310
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Big Cypress National Preserve Addition. Copeland Prairie. On S side of FL 837 (Wagon Wheel Road), ca. 0.5 air mi. SW of junction FL 841, ca. 2 mi. E of junction FL 29 at a point just N of Copeland. T52S, R30E, Sec. 9, NE¼. 25° 57' 45" N 81° 19' 3" W
Habitat Shell-based roadside through marl prairie and slash pine [Pinus elliottii] rockland islands.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. L. Orzell 23439
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 11 Nov 1994
Accession Number 232364
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Pinecrest. T54S, R34E. 25° 43' 60" N 80° 55' 60" W
Habitat Roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector G. N. Avery
Collection Date 22 Jan 1967
Accession Number 78861
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : 2 mi. S of Immokalee on W side of FL 29. 26° 25' 10" N 81° 25' 13" W
Habitat Along roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. Mears
Collection Date 25 Nov 1989
Accession Number 200630
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , St. Lucie Co. : SE of the junction of FL 713 and FL 70, just E of the Fort Pierce interchange (#56) of Floridas Turnpike; SW of Fort Pierce. T35S, R39E, Sec. 24. 27° 50' 6" N 81° 58' 17" W
Description Common.
Habitat Moist sandy soil with Paspalum notatum.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A.G. Shuey 2364
Collection Date 24 Nov 1979
Accession Number 145916
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Highlands Co. : Childs. 27° 11' 60" N 81° 19' 60" W
Description Abundant. Erect perennial bunch grass 1-2 m tall; culms yellowish, cylindric; leaves reflexed; racemes a rich, dark brown.
Habitat On sandy roadsides.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector L. J. Brass 32927
Collection Date 30 Nov 1962
Accession Number 136633
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Sep 2005
Determination History
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : Jordan Scrub Sanctuary. Malabar, W of US 1, edge of Jordan Boulevard. 28° 0' 13" N 80° 33' 56" W
Habitat Edge of sand road.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector P. A. Schmalzer
with T.E. Foster
Collection Date 28 Nov 2004
Accession Number 241445
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Near Pinecrest, Loop Road. 25° 43' 60" N 80° 55' 60" W
Description Common, in small colonies; 1.5-3.0 m high; culms few, erect, pale yellowish; leaf midribs whitish above, margins and tips purplish; panicles unopened.
Habitat On open roadsides in Big Cypress country.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector L. J. Brass 33459
Collection Date 08 Nov 1965
Accession Number 136632
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Homestead. Krome Avenue near Bauer. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Habitat Roadside along weedy field.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. T. Gillis 7280
Collection Date 12 Dec 1968
Accession Number 96521
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Martin Co. : FL 714, 20 mi. W of Palm City. 28° 0' 19" N 82° 27' 3" W
Habitat Maple swamp.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. L. McCart 11231
Collection Date 22 Nov 1969
Accession Number 89002
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Tropical Research and Education Center. SW 280 Street and 193 Avenue. IN Sw corner of property. 25° 30' 28" N 80° 30' 20" W
Description Abundant.
Habitat Along edge of road along E edge of pine rockland. Also invading pine rockland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector K. A. Bradley 1231
with R. Hammer
Collection Date 26 Nov 1997
Accession Number 233285
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : Malabar Scrub Sanctuary. W of Melbourne. 28° 5' 1" N 80° 36' 29" W
Habitat In scrub.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. K. Taylor
Collection Date 11 Feb 2003
Accession Number 236696
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : Cape Coral. Ca. 8.2 km NNW of the junction of FL 78 and C-765 (burnt Store Road), on a ca. 8 acre parcel of land on the E side of Old Burnt Store Road. 26° 42' 42" N 82° 3' 20" W
Habitat Dry roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector J. M. Kunzer 2236
with B. Collins
Collection Date 26 Nov 2007
Accession Number 245442
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Loop Road (junction #94) [formerly FL 94].
Habitat Canal banks along cypress [Taxodium] and pineland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 30491
with F. Almeda
Collection Date 21 Dec 1966
Accession Number 81281
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. On the E edge of Long Pine Key. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Forming dense clumps; culms erect or ascending; inflorescences very dark in appearance.
Habitat On a mowed road shoulder.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A. Herndon 1730
Collection Date 14 Jan 1987
Accession Number 202555
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Highlands Co. : Childs. 27° 11' 60" N 81° 19' 60" W
Description Gregariuos and abundant, perennial bunch grass; leaves pale, upper part reddish; racemes dark brown.
Habitat On an open roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector L. J. Brass 33046
Collection Date 04 May 1963
Accession Number 136631
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Broward Co. : Holmberg Road, 10 mi. W of Deerfield. 26° 19' 0" N 80° 5' 60" W
Habitat In pine flatwoods.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. L. McCart 11242
Collection Date 07 Dec 1969
Accession Number 88997
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : E end of Pinecrest Road junction with US 41. 25° 40' 1" N 80° 18' 29" W
Habitat Shore and terrace of pond.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 31980
Collection Date 31 Dec 1969
Accession Number 88881
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Indian River Co. : At junction of FL 60 and Blue Cypress Road. T32S, R35E, Sec. 26, NW¼ of NW¼. 30° 41' 60" N 85° 4' 0" W
Habitat Roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 8115
with R.P. Wunderlin, G. Robinson
Collection Date 05 Dec 1980
Accession Number 151640
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Osceola Co. : Along W side of US 192 ca. 2 mi. E of Alligator Lake. 30° 10' 60" N 82° 37' 60" W
Description Single large clump ca. 7 ft. tall.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A.G. Shuey
Collection Date 30 Nov 1975
Accession Number 121389
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : Malabar Scrub Sanctuary, N of Malabar Road, along edge of center road. 28° 0' 13" N 80° 33' 56" W
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector P. A. Schmalzer
Collection Date 10 Feb 2007
Accession Number 248043
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Charlotte Co. : Prairie/Shell Creek (Southwest Florida Water Management District property); 0.6 km W of US 17, 0.6 km S of Sam Way. 26° 59' 42" N 81° 57' 55" W
Habitat Disturbed edge around pond in flatwoods.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector A. R. Franck 2538
Collection Date 04 Dec 2010
Accession Number 256443
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Mar 2005
Determination History
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Locality USA. Florida , Martin Co. : Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Kitching Creek.
Habitat Disturbed and wet flatwoods.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector R. O. Woodbury
with R. Roberts
Collection Date Jul 1989
Accession Number 258227
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Indian River Co. : 8th Street, Vero Beach. 27° 36' 58" N 80° 23' 11" W
Habitat Edge of disturbed pine flatwoods.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector S. Myers 797
Collection Date 02 Dec 2012
Accession Number 266525
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: M. Nee, 1993
Locality Puerto Rico. Añasco Mun. : Bo; Corcovada, highway 109 bridge over the Río Grande de Añasco; grassy roadsides. 18° 17' 0" N 67° 2' 60" W
Description To 3 m tall; with distinctive green leaf sheaths alternating with yellow-green stem; beginning the flowering season; common.
Habitat Dominating in full sun.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 45 to m
Collector M. Nee
Collection Date 05 Nov 1993
Accession Number 288820
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality Cuba. Ciego de Ávila Prov. 20 km SE of Baragua Central. 21° 46' 7" N 78° 37' 0" W
Description Cultivated for forage and becoming naturalized.
Habitat Sandy palmetto savanna.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector A. S. Hitchcock
Collection Date 09 Dec 1926
Accession Number 39464
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: R. L. Lazor,
Locality Panama. Chiriquí Prov. 8° 20' 21" N 82° 15' 12" W
Habitat On lava flow on road from Volcan to Cerro Punta; many grasses and sedges along this trail.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. L. Lazor
with M. D. Correa A.
Collection Date 25 Apr 1969
Accession Number 88663
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality Honduras. Francisco Morazán Dept. Colonia Loarque, Tegucigalpa; 14° 15' 0" N 87° 10' 0" W
Habitat Subtropical dry forest.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 950 to m
Collector L. Lopez
Collection Date 01 Jan 1984
Accession Number 195616
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality Honduras. Francisco Morazán Dept. Tegucigalpa, colonia 21 de octubre. 14° 4' 60" N 87° 13' 60" W
Habitat Campo abierto; bosque predominant bajo humedo.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1000 to m
Collector C. Carrasco
Collection Date 16 Mar 1985
Accession Number 194453
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality Honduras. Cortés Dept. Colonia Vacional.
Habitat Bosque húmedo tropical.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Elevation 6 to m
Collector G. Rodríguez M.
Collection Date 06 Apr 1985
Accession Number 194808
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: D. G. Burch,
Locality Honduras. Comayagua Dept. Around Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forestales, Siguatepeque. 14° 35' 53" N 87° 49' 58" W
Habitat Pinewoods.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1200 to m
Collector D. Burch
Collection Date 26 May 1972
Accession Number 115192
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: D. G. Burch,
Locality Honduras. Comayagua Dept. Around Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forestales, Siguatepeque. 14° 35' 53" N 87° 49' 58" W
Habitat Pinewoods.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1200 to m
Collector D. Burch
Collection Date 26 May 1972
Accession Number 101531
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality Honduras. Comayagua Dept. La Libertad. 14° 46' 60" N 88° 10' 60" W
Habitat Tropical dry forest.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 800 to m
Collector Z. Caballero
Collection Date 17 Apr 1984
Accession Number 196105
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: D. G. Burch,
Locality Mexico. Veracruz Ca. 55 km E of Cordoba Rte 150. 18° 55' 53" N 96° 56' 10" W
Description Small clumps to 6 dm.
Habitat Burned-over roadside and thorn scrub.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1000 to ft
Collector R. W. Long
with D. Burch
Collection Date 24 Mar 1970
Accession Number 96743
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality Nicaragua. Chinandega Dept. Pacific coastal plain (planice costera), near Golfo de Fonseca, Just S of Comarca Cayanlipe at a place locally called "La Tronconado" 3 km S of village of Cayanlipe, 14 km SW of Villa Nueva. 12° 52' 25" N 86° 54' 50" W
Habitat Now dry savanna of jicaro (Crescentia alata), with scattered Guazuma ulmifolia, Acacia farnesiana, heavily invaded with solid stands of Hyparrhenia rufa, few Sesbania sp., with dense, weedy, spiny thickets of Byttneria aculeata on edge, where only here, safe from cattle and competition fro H. rufa, Zea luxurians survives in a small colony less than 20 individuals.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 15 to m
Collector H. H. Iltis
with M. Castrillo, C. Medina
Collection Date 16 Dec 1991
Accession Number 211431
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: Davidse, 01 Jan 1974
Locality Brazil. Goiás 24 km by Rd. SW of Monte Alegre de Goiás. 3° 52' 51" S 42° 46' 16" W
Habitat Cerrado.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 600 to m
Collector W. R. Anderson
Collection Date 11 Mar 1973
Accession Number 126874
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf - Determined By: Davidse, 1975
Locality USA. Hawaii , Hawaii Co. : Below Pohiokeawe Pali, Ainahow Ranch; Volcano National Park. 19° 25' 40" N 155° 14' 5" W
Description Very local in up to 0.25 acre dense tangles.
Habitat On arid lava plain.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector I. Degener
with Mr. & Mrs. D. Cabrol
Collection Date 17 Jun 1973
Accession Number 191935
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality Zimbabwe. Midlands Prov. , Gokwe Distr. : Sessami Gaums Isetse Camp; 30 mi. from Gokwe. 18° 7' 0" S 28° 58' 0" E
Description Forming very tall (2.5 m) stands.
Habitat Associated with equally robust H. gazensis.
Reproductive State
Collector M. G. Bingham
Collection Date 03 Apr 1963
Accession Number 59438
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Seminole Wayside Park. 25° 29' 18" N 80° 27' 12" W
Description Hundreds of individual plants; county crews are treating via hand-pulling.
Habitat Native pine rockland understory, in an area dominated by native grasses.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector J. Possley
Collection Date 08 Dec 2017
Accession Number 299212
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Hyparrhenia rufa
Family Name Poaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Junction of SW 232nd Street and SW 119th Avenue, Princeton. 25° 33' 2" N 80° 23' 8" W
Habitat Pine roakland with abundant Neyraudia.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector A. R. Franck
with K.C. Alexander, P. Alexander
Collection Date 31 Dec 2015
Accession Number 302469
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