Family:
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus:
Paspalum L.

Paspalum notatum Flüggé

This species is accepted, and its native range is Peru to Brazil and N. Argentina. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food and a medicine and has environmental uses.

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 2500 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Conservation
Least concern.
Distribution
Native and cultivated in Colombia.

[FZ]

Gramineae, W. D. Clayton. Flora Zambesiaca 10:3. 1989

Morphology General Habit
Mat-forming perennial arising from stout rhizomes.
Morphology Culms
Culms 15–50 cm. high.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes paired (rarely 3), each 2.5–12 cm. long, the spikelets borne singly in 2 rows on a narrow rhachis.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets 2.5–3.8 mm. long, broadly elliptic, plumply plano-convex, green.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Superior glume cartilaginous, glabrous.
Superior
Superior glume cartilaginous, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Lemma
Inferior lemma cartilaginous, glabrous. Superior lemma pallid at maturity.

[GB]
Morphology General Habit
Perennial; mat forming. Rhizomes elongated. Culms 15-50 cm long. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades spreading; 2-30 cm long; 3-10 mm wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 2(-3); paired; unilateral; 2.5-12 cm long. Central inflorescence axis 0.5 cm long. Rhachis wingless; angular; 1 mm wide. Spikelet packing abaxial; regular; 2 -rowed. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; dorsally compressed; plano-convex; obtuse; 2.5-3.8 mm long; falling entire.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; dorsally compressed; plano-convex; obtuse; 2.5-3.8 mm long; falling entire.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes one the lower absent or obscure; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; cartilaginous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex obtuse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; elliptic; 1 length of spikelet; cartilaginous; 1 -veined; without lateral veins; obtuse. Fertile lemma ovate; gibbous; 2-3 mm long; indurate; pallid; without keel. Lemma surface striate. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea involute; indurate.
Distribution
Africa: west-central tropical, east tropical, southern tropical, south, and western Indian ocean. Asia-temperate: China and eastern Asia. Asia-tropical: India, Malesia, and Papuasia. Australasia: Australia. Pacific: southwestern, south-central, northwestern, and north-central. North America: northeast USA, south-central USA, southeast USA, and Mexico. South America: Mesoamericana, Caribbean, northern South America, western South America, Brazil, and southern South America.
Reference
Paniceae. FTEA.

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2500 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
Preocupación Menor

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2500 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Ces
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.

[FTEA]

Gramineae, W. D. Clayton, S. M. Phillips & S. A. Renvoize. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1974

Morphology General Habit
Mat forming perennial arising from stout rhizomes; culms 15–50 cm. high.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades broadly linear, 2–30 cm. long, 3–10 mm. wide, stiffly spreading.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence composed of 2 (rarely 3) racemes barely separated by a common axis ± 5 mm. long; racemes 2.5–12 cm. long, bearing the spikelets singly in 2 rows on a narrow rhachis ± 1 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets broadly elliptic, 2.5–3.8 mm. long, green; upper glume and lower lemma as long as the spikelet, cartilaginous, glabrous; upper lemma finely striate, pallid at maturity.
Habitat
Introduced from America, and cultivated for grazing and erosion control; also found as an escape; 500–2100 m.
Distribution
tropical America K4 T1 T6 U4

[UPB]
Use Medicines
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).

[UPFC]
Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Belize, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Marianas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Myanmar, New Jersey, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Solomon Is., South Carolina, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Paspalum notatum Flüggé appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Nov 1, 2013 Smith, L.B. [15686], Brazil K001054439
Jan 1, 2013 Irwin, H.S. [2320], Brazil K001054414
Aug 12, 1981 Lowe, J. [4264], Brazil K001054443
May 15, 1974 Carauta, J.P.P. [807], Brazil K001054422
Sep 1, 1973 Klein, R.M. [10264], Brazil K001054438
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S. [25121], Brazil K001054426
Noblick, L.R. [2461], Bahia K000004164
Harley, R.M. [21656], Bahia K000004163
Hinton, G.B. [1585], México State K000476176
Hinton, G.B. [9245], Guerrero K000476174
Clayton, W.D. [4605], Brazil K001054432
Carauta, J.P.P. [807], Brazil K001054423
Pereira, E. [5369], Brazil K001054425
Eichman [82], Mexico K001054430
Kuhlmann, M. [3541], Brazil K001054436
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil K001054420
Lindeman, J.C. [360], Brazil K001054412
Hinton, G.B. [1657], México State K000476175
Clayton, W.D. [4370], Brazil K001054417
Smith, L.B. [13779], Brazil K001054403
Dombrowski, L.T.D. [10023], Brazil K001054437
Clayton, W.D. [4107], Brazil K001054433
Hatschbach, G.G. [48982], Brazil K001054441
Reitz, R. [8231], Brazil K001054405
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil K001054421
Dombrowski, L.T. [2796], Brazil K001054411
Clayton, W.D. [4078], Brazil K001054435
Clayton, W.D. [4086], Brazil K001054434
Hinton, G.B. [1585], México State K000476177
Glaziou, A.F.M. [4328], Brazil K001054427
Castellanos, A. [24638], Brazil K001054404
Dombrowski, L.T. [1567], Brazil K001054409
Hatschbach, G.G. [31326], Brazil K001054440
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil K001054418
Glaziou, A.F.M. [6931], Brazil K001054416
Dusén, P. [16062], Brazil K001054408
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil K001054431
Smith, L.B. [14689], Brazil K001054413
Hatschbach, G.G. [13987], Brazil K001054407
Quarín, C.L. [4011], Brazil K001054444
Kerr, J.G. [s.n.], Argentina K001054419
Sello [s.n.], Brazil K001054428
Clayton, W.D. [4342], Brazil K001054410
Clayton, W.D. [4373], Brazil K001054424
Hatschbach, G.G. [25891], Brazil K001054406
Glaziou, A.F.M. [4328], Brazil K001054415
Eichman [82], Mexico K001054429
Peru K000326052
Colombia K001462726
Colombia K001462727
Wood, J.R.I. [3810], Colombia K001462728
Colombia K001462729
Ecuador K001462730
Ecuador K001462731
Ecuador K001462732
Ecuador K001462733
Ecuador K001462734
Ecuador K001462735
Peru K001462736
Peru K001462737
Peru K001462738
Peru K001462739
Peru K001462740
Peru K001462741
Peru K001462742
Peru K001462743
Peru K001462744
Peru K001462745
Peru K001462746

First published in Gram. Monogr., Paspalum: 106 (1810)

Accepted by

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  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II Boissiera 58: 1-401.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • 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.
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  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Gremmen, N. & Halbertsma, R.L. (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha 2: 1-307. Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP).
  • Jeanmonod, D. & Schlüssel, A. (éd.) (2012). Notes et contributions à la flore de Corse, XXIV Candollea 67: 293-321.
  • 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.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
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  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
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  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
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  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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