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Taxon: Paspalum malacophyllum Trin.

Genus: Paspalum
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Panicoideae tribe: Paniceae.
Nomen number: 26880
Place of publication: Sp. gram. 3: t. 271. 1830-1835
Name verified on: 11-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Oct-2001
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 11 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • ribbed paspalum   (Source: F NAmer )

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Mexico - Chiapas, Yucatan
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia
    Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere, including s.e. United States

References:

  • Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:384.
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:486.
More:

Check other databases for Paspalum malacophyllum Trin.:

  • 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
  • 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:

  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26880 (22 November 2009)

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