Axonopus scoparius (Flüggé) Kuhlm.
First published in Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(11): 45 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as animal food and a medicine.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Galápagos
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Paspalum scoparium Flüggé in Gram. Monogr., Paspalum: 124 (1810)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Anastrophus deludens (Chase) Nash in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 17: 163 (1912)
- Anthenantia columbiensis (Kuntze) K.Schum. in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 329 (1900)
- Anthenantia gigantea K.Schum. in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 329 (1900)
- Axonopus deludens Chase in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 24: 134 (1911)
- Axonopus iridifolius (Poepp.) G.A.Black in Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 125 (1963)
- Axonopus mathewsii (Mez) Hitchc. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 432 (1927)
- Axonopus mexicanus G.A.Black in Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 144 (1963)
- Axonopus micay García-Barr. in Caldasia 8: 432 (1960)
- Axonopus scoparius var. glabriusculus Kuhlm. in Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(11): 46 (1922)
- Axonopus scoparius f. mattogrossensis Kuhlm. in Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(11): 46 (1922)
- Panicum columbiense Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 360 (1898)
- Panicum giganteum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 360 (1898), nom. illeg.
- Paspalum columbiense Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 360 (1898)
- Paspalum fournierianum Ricker ex Thell. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5: 344 (1913), nom. nud.
- Paspalum fournierianum var. maximum Thell. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5: 344 (1913), species not validly publ.
- Paspalum giganteum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 360 (1898), nom. illeg.
- Paspalum hackelianum Sodiro in Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 3(25): 477 (1889), nom. nud.
- Paspalum iridifolium Poepp. in Reise Chile 2: 324 (1836)
- Paspalum mathewsii Mez in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 62 (1917)
- Paspalum oriziforme Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 27 (1853), pro syn.
- Paspalum oryziforme Steud. ex Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 106 (1877)
- Paspalum tripinnatum Mez in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 64 (1917)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2012). Las especies del género Axonopus (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paspaleae) en Brasil. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 36: 317-354.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
- Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
- Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2012). Las especies del género Axonopus (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paspaleae) en Brasil. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 36: 317-354.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1999 | Colombia | K001468502 | Yes | ||
| May 31, 1985 | Peru | K001468517 | Yes | ||
| May 20, 1985 | Bolivia | K001468545 | Yes | ||
| Oct 1, 1943 | Peru | K000984732 | Yes | ||
| Nov 24, 1930 | Bolivia | K001468534 | Yes | ||
| Jul 1, 1903 | Bolivia | K001468541 | Yes | ||
| Spruce, R. [s.n.], Ecuador | K000201709 | Yes | |||
| Eiten, G. [7387], Brazil | K001102702 | Yes | |||
| Eiten, G. [7387], Brazil | K001102701 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K000984730 | Yes | |||
| Colombia | K001468499 | Yes | |||
| Soderstrom, T.R. [1427], Colombia | K001468500 | Yes | |||
| Colombia | K001468501 | Yes | |||
| Colombia | K001468503 | Yes | |||
| Colombia | K001468504 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468505 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468506 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468507 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468508 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468509 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468510 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468511 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468512 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468513 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468514 | Yes | |||
| Ecuador | K001468515 | Yes | |||
| Peru | K001468516 | Yes | |||
| Peru | K001468518 | Yes | |||
| Peru | K001468519 | Yes | |||
| Peru | K001468520 | Yes | |||
| Peru | K001468521 | Yes | |||
| Peru | K001468522 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468523 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468524 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468525 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468526 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468527 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468528 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468529 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468530 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468531 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468532 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468533 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468535 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468536 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468537 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468538 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468539 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468540 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468542 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468543 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468544 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468546 | Yes | |||
| Bolivia | K001468547 | Yes | |||
| Wood, J.R.I. [4712], Colombia | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468583 | Yes | ||
| Venezuela | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468584 | Yes | ||
| Bolivia | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468585 | Yes | ||
| Bolivia | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468586 | Yes | ||
| Bolivia | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468587 | Yes | ||
| Bolivia | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468588 | Yes | ||
| Bolivia | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468589 | Yes | ||
| Bolivia | Axonopus iridifolius | K001468590 | Yes | ||
| Mathews [3239], Peru | Axonopus mathewsii | K000098477 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468391 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468392 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468393 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468394 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468395 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468396 | Yes | ||
| Laegaard, S. [52925], Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468397 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468398 | Yes | ||
| Peru | Axonopus mathewsii | K001468399 | Yes | ||
| Mar 15, 1998 | Ecuador | Axonopus micay | K001468556 | Yes | |
| Wood, J.R.I. [3957], Colombia | Axonopus micay | K001468548 | Yes | ||
| Colombia | Axonopus micay | K001468549 | Yes | ||
| Colombia | Axonopus micay | K001468550 | Yes | ||
| Colombia | Axonopus micay | K001468551 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus micay | K001468553 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus micay | K001468554 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus micay | K001468555 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus micay | K001468557 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus micay | K001468558 | Yes | ||
| Ecuador | Axonopus micay | K001468559 | Yes | ||
| Pringle, C.G. [8761], Jalisco | Axonopus deludens | K000643292 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
- Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/