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Urochloa panicoides Beauv.

A, Spikelet in ventral view showing lower glume and sterile lemma; B, spikelet in dorsal view showing upper glume; C, floret in ventral view showing palea and margins of fertile lemma; D, floret in dorsal view showing lemma

Caryopsis in ventral view

photo by Mark Thurmond

Portions of inflorescence

photo by Mark Thurmond

A, Spikelet in ventral view; B, spikelet in dorsal view; C, floret in ventral view; D, floret in dorsal view; E, caryopsis in ventral view; F, caryopsis in dorsal view

drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

Similar Species

Urochloa ramosa (L.) R.D. Webster

A, spikelet in dorsal view showing upper glume; B, Spikelet in ventral view showing lower glume and sterile lemma; C, floret in dorsal view showing lemma; D, floret in ventral view showing palea and margins of fertile lemma

Urochloa texana (Buckley) R.D. Webster

Spikelets in ventral view showing lower glume and sterile lemma (left) and dorsal view showing upper glume (right)

A-B, Florets in dorsal and ventral view; C, caryopsis in ventral view; D, caryopsis in dorsal view