Taxon: Paspalum setaceum Michx.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium (no accessions)
• Paspalum setaceum var. setaceum (no accessions)
• Paspalum setaceum var. stramineum (no accessions)

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota [e.], Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [e.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Nayarit, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas, Tabasco; Nicaragua; Panama
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Bermuda; Cuba; Grenada; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines

References:

• Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:386.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. (Grass Util Mex)
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:512.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Paspalum setaceum.

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

Synonyms:

• Paspalum ciliatifolium Michx. [≡ Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium]
  
• Paspalum stramineum Nash [≡ Paspalum setaceum var. stramineum]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other databases for Paspalum setaceum Michx.:

• 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:

• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• 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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