Paspalidium

Paspalidium (watercrown grass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.[2][1][3]

Watercrown grass
Paspalidium distans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Genus:
Paspalidium

Type species
Paspalidium geminatum

Paspalidium includes about 40 species native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.[4][5][6][7][8] They are annuals and perennials.[8] Many species were formerly included in genus Setaria, and some authorities continue to list them there.

Species[9][10]
  • Paspalidium albovillosum
  • Paspalidium ankarense
  • Paspalidium aversum
  • Paspalidium basicladum
  • Paspalidium breviflorum
  • Paspalidium caespitosum - brigalow grass
  • Paspalidium chapmanii - Chapman's bristlegrass
  • Paspalidium clementii
  • Paspalidium constrictum - knottybutt grass
  • Paspalidium criniforme
  • Paspalidium desertorum
  • Paspalidium distans - spreading panicgrass
  • Paspalidium distantiflorum
  • Paspalidium elegantulum
  • Paspalidium flavidum
  • Paspalidium gausum
  • Paspalidium geminatum - Egyptian panicgrass, water paspalidium
  • Paspalidium globoideum - sago grass, shotgrass
  • Paspalidium gracile - Belah grass, slender panic, graceful panic, yellowflower panic
  • Paspalidium grandispiculatum
  • Paspalidium johnsonii
  • Paspalidium jubiflorum - Vandyke grass, Warrego grass
  • Paspalidium leonis
  • Paspalidium obtusifolium
  • Paspalidium ophiticola
  • Paspalidium paludivagum
  • Paspalidium pradanum
  • Paspalidium punctatum
  • Paspalidium rarum - rare paspalidium
  • Paspalidium reflexum
  • Paspalidium retiglume
  • Paspalidium spartellum
  • Paspalidium tabulatum
  • Paspalidium udum
  • Paspalidium utowanaeum
formerly included[9]

see Holcolemma Setaria Whiteochloa

  • Paspalidium inaequale - Holcolemma dispar
  • Paspalidium punctatum var. longiglume - Setaria media
  • Paspalidium semitonsum - Whiteochloa semitonsa

References
  1. Tropicos, Paspalidium Stapf
  2. Stapf, Otto. 1920. In Prain, David, Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 582-583
  3. Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
  4. Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 537 类雀稗属 lei que bai shu Paspalidium Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 582. 1920.
  5. Flora of Pakistan
  6. Atlas of Living Australia, Paspalidium Stapf, Watercrown Grass
  7. Allen, C. M. Paspalidium. Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
  8. Paspalidium. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
  9. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  10. The Plant List search for Paspalidium


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