Paspalum
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Paspalum

crowngrass
dallis grass
hilograss
knotgrass
longtom
paja brava
paspalum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Paspalum

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Tribus  Paspaleae C. Presl
pub. Reliq. Haenk. 1: 208. Jan-Jun 1830.
  
   Subtribus  Paspalinae Griseb. in Ledeb.
pub. Fl. Ross. 4: 466. Jun 1853.
  
   Genus  Paspalum L.
pub. (1759)
common name: crowngrass
  

Named members of the Genus Paspalum

1
   Species  acuminatum Raddi
common name: brook crowngrass
2
   Species  almum Chase
common name: Comb's crowngrass
3
   Species  arundinaceum Poir.
common name: thick ditch crowngrass
4
   Species  bakeri Hook.
common name: Baker's crowngrass
5
   Species  bicorne Lam.
syn. Digitaria bicornis
6
   Species  bifidum (Bertol.) Nash
 
7
   Varietas  projectum Fern.
syn. Paspalum bifidum
8
   Species  blodgettii Chapman
common name: Blodgett's crowngrass
9
   Species  boscianum Fluegg�
common name: bull crowngrass
10
   Species  bushii Nash
syn. Paspalum setaceum
11
   Species  caespitosum Fluegg�
common name: blue crowngrass
12
   Species  ciliatifolium Michx.
 
13
   Varietas  muehlenbergii (Nash) Fern.
syn. Paspalum setaceum
14
   Varietas  stramineum (Nash) Fern.
syn. Paspalum setaceum
15
   Species  circulare Nash
syn. Paspalum laeve
16
   Species  clavuliferum C. Wright
common name: hillside crowngrass
17
   Species  commersonii Lam.
syn. Paspalum scrobiculatum
18
   Species  conjugatum Berg.
common name: hilograss
19
   Species  convexum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Fluegg�
common name: Latin American crowngrass
20
   Species  coryphaeum Trin.
common name: Emperor crowngrass
21
   Species  debile Michx.
syn. Paspalum setaceum
22
   Species  decumbens Sw.
common name: decumbent crowngrass
23
   Species  densum Poir.
common name: dense crowngrass
24
   Species  difforme Le Conte
syn. Paspalum floridanum
25
   Species  dilatatum Poir.
common name: dallis grass
  
26
   Species  dispar Chase
common name: mosquito crowngrass
27
   Species  dissectum (L.) L.
common name: mudbank crowngrass
28
   Species  distichum L.
common name: knotgrass
  
 
29
   Varietas  indutum Shinners
syn. Paspalum distichum
30
   Species  fasciculatum Willd. ex Fluegg�
common name: Mexican crowngrass
31
   Species  fimbriatum Kunth
common name: Panama crowngrass
32
   Species  floridanum Michx.
 
33
   Varietas  glabratum Engelm. ex Vasey
syn. Paspalum floridanum
34
   Species  fluitans (Ell.) Kunth
common name: horsetail paspalum
35
   Species  geminum Nash
syn. Paspalum pubiflorum
36
   Species  giganteum Baldw. ex Vasey
syn. Paspalum floridanum
37
   Species  glabratum (Engelm. ex Vasey) C. Mohr
syn. Paspalum floridanum
38
   Species  glabrum Poir.
syn. Paspalum laxum
39
   Species  hartwegianum Fourn.
common name: Hartweg's paspalum
40
   Species  hieronymi Hack.
common name: paspalum
41
   Species  hydrophilum Henr.
common name: water paspalum
42
   Species  intermedium Munro ex Morong
common name: intermediate paspalum
43
   Species  laeve Michx.
 
44
   Varietas  circulare (Nash) Stone
syn. Paspalum laeve
45
   Varietas  pilosum Scribn.
syn. Paspalum laeve
46
   Species  laeviglume Scribn. ex Nash
syn. Paspalum pubiflorum
47
   Species  lanatum Kunth
syn. Leptocoryphium lanatum
48
   Species  langei (Fourn.) Nash
common name: rustyseed paspalum
49
   Species  larranagai Arech.
syn. Paspalum urvillei
50
   Species  laxum Lam.
common name: coconut paspalum
51
   Species  lentiferum Lam.
syn. Paspalum praecox
52
   Species  leoninum Chase
syn. Paspalum rupestre
53
   Species  lividum Trin.
common name: longtom
54
   Species  longepedunculatum Le Conte
syn. Paspalum setaceum
55
   Species  longiflorum Retz.
syn. Digitaria longiflora
56
   Species  longipilum Nash
syn. Paspalum laeve
57
   Species  macrophyllum Kunth
common name: bigleaf paspalum
58
   Species  malacophyllum Trin.
common name: ribbed paspalum
59
   Species  maritimum Trin.
common name: coastalsand paspalum
60
   Species  melanospermum Desv.
syn. Paspalum caespitosum
61
   Species  millegrana Schrad.
common name: paja brava
62
   Species  minus Fourn.
common name: matted paspalum
63
   Species  molle Poir.
common name: soft paspalum
64
   Species  monostachyum Vasey
common name: gulfdune paspalum
65
   Species  mucronatum Muhl.
syn. Paspalum fluitans
66
   Species  muehlenbergii Nash
syn. Paspalum setaceum
67
   Species  nicorae Parodi
common name: Brunswickgrass
68
   Species  notatum Fluegg�
 
69
   Varietas  latiflorum J. D�ll
common name: bahiagrass
70
   Varietas  notatum
common name: bahiagrass
71
   Varietas  saurae Parodi
common name: bahiagrass
72
   Species  orbiculare G. Forst.
syn. Paspalum scrobiculatum
73
   Species  orbiculatum Poir.
common name: circular paspalum
74
   Species  paniculatum L.
common name: arrocillo
75
   Species  parviflorum Rohde ex Fluegg�
common name: smallseed paspalum
76
   Species  paspaloides (Michx.) Scribn.
syn. Paspalum distichum
77
   Species  paucispicatum Vasey
common name: large knotgrass
78
   Species  platyphyllum Griseb., non J.A. Schultes
syn. Urochloa platyphylla
79
   Species  plenipilum Nash
syn. Paspalum laeve
80
   Species  pleostachyum Doell
common name: tropical paspalum
81
   Species  plicatulum Michx.
common name: brownseed paspalum
82
   Species  poiretii Roemer & J.A. Schultes
syn. Paspalum caespitosum
83
   Species  portoricense Nash
syn. Paspalum molle
84
   Species  praecox Walt.
 
85
   Varietas  curtissianum (Steud.) Vasey
syn. Paspalum praecox
86
   Species  propinquum Nash
syn. Paspalum setaceum
87
   Species  psammophilum Nash
syn. Paspalum setaceum
88
   Species  pubescens Muhl. ex Willd.
syn. Paspalum setaceum
89
   Species  pubiflorum Rupr. ex Fourn.
 
90
   Varietas  glabrum Vasey ex Scribn.
syn. Paspalum pubiflorum
91
   Species  pulchellum Kunth
common name: grand paspalum
92
   Species  racemosum Lam.
common name: Peruvian paspalum
93
   Species  repens Berg.
 
94
   Varietas  fluitans (Ell.) J. Wipff & S.D. Jones
syn. Paspalum fluitans
95
   Species  rigidifolium Nash
syn. Paspalum setaceum
96
   Species  rupestre Trin.
common name: rock paspalum
97
   Species  saugetii Chase
syn. Paspalum caespitosum
98
   Species  scrobiculatum L.
common name: kodomillet
99
   Species  secans A.S. Hitchc. & Chase
common name: slender ditch paspalum
100
   Species  separatum Shinners
syn. Paspalum setaceum
101
   Species  sericeum Scheele
syn. Eriochloa sericea
102
   Species  setaceum Michx.
 
103
   Varietas  calvescens Fern.
syn. Paspalum setaceum
104
   Varietas  ciliatifolium (Michx.) Vasey
syn. Paspalum setaceum
105
   Varietas  longepedunculatum (Le Conte) Wood
syn. Paspalum setaceum
106
   Varietas  muehlenbergii (Nash) D. Banks
syn. Paspalum setaceum
107
   Varietas  psammophilum (Nash) D. Banks
syn. Paspalum setaceum
108
   Varietas  rigidifolium (Nash) D. Banks
syn. Paspalum setaceum
109
   Varietas  stramineum (Nash) D. Banks
syn. Paspalum setaceum
110
   Varietas  supinum (Bosc ex Poir.) Trin.
syn. Paspalum setaceum
111
   Varietas  villosissimum (Nash) D. Banks
syn. Paspalum setaceum
112
   Species  simpsonii Nash
syn. Paspalum blodgettii
113
   Species  stramineum Nash
syn. Paspalum setaceum
114
   Species  supinum Bosc ex Poir.
syn. Paspalum setaceum
115
   Species  tenuissimum M.E. Jones
syn. Microchloa kunthii
116
   Species  texanum Swallen
syn. Paspalum plicatulum
117
   Species  unispicatum (Scribn. & Merr.) Nash
common name: onespike paspalum
118
   Species  urvillei Steud.
common name: Vasey's grass
119
   Species  vaginatum Sw.
common name: seashore paspalum
120
   Species  villosum Thunb.
syn. Eriochloa villosa
121
   Species  virgatum L.
common name: talquezal
122
   Species  virletii Fourn.
common name: Virlet's paspalum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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