Taxon: Paspalum dilatatum Poir.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Paspalum dilatatum subsp. dilatatum (1 accessions)
• Paspalum dilatatum subsp. flavescens (1 accessions)

Common names:

• dallis grass   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Dallisgras   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• grama de agua   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• herbe de Dallis   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• millet bâtard   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• pasto dallis   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• water grass   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Grass SAfr; Pl Res SEAs 4:178. 1992; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Food Feed Crops US; Grass VarUSA; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kellerman et al., including ‘Paraguay’)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View toxicology references for Paspalum dilatatum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

Other:

• naturalized in s. Europe, tropical & s. Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, United States (including Hawaii), Macaronesia, Mascarenes, Melanesia, & Polynesia

References:

• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
• Catasús Guerra, L. J. Cavanillesia Altera
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986–. Flora of the Guianas. (F Guianas) [cultivated].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Koning, R. de & M. S. M. Sosef. 1985. The Malesian species of Paspalum L. (Gramineae). Blumea 30:293–294.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Mannetje, L. 't & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 4:178.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. (L Grass Argent) [with two subsp.].
• Zuloaga, F. O. 1974. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 16:62.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Paspalum dilatatum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Paspalum dilatatum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Paspalum dilatatum Poir.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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