Code
PASVA
grass
Biological cycle
Vivacious
Habitat
marshland
synonym | Digitaria foliosa Lag. |
synonym | Digitaria paspalodes var. longipes (Lange) Willk. & Lange |
synonym | Digitaria tristachya (Lecomte) Schult. |
synonym | Digitaria tristachya Schult. |
synonym | Digitaria vaginata (Sw.) Philippe |
synonym | Panicum littorale (R.Br.) Kuntze [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Panicum littorale (R.Br.) Kuntze, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Panicum vaginatum (Sw.) Godr. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Panicum vaginatum (Sw.) Godr., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Paspalum boryanum J.Presl |
synonym | Paspalum brachiatum Trin. ex Nees [Invalid] |
synonym | Paspalum brachiatum Trin. ex Nees, pro syn. |
synonym | Paspalum didactylum Salzm. ex Steud. [Invalid] |
synonym | Paspalum didactylum Salzm. ex Steud., pro syn. |
synonym | Paspalum distichum subsp. vaginatum (Sw.) Maire |
synonym | Paspalum distichum var. anpinense Hayata |
synonym | Paspalum distichum var. littorale (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey |
synonym | Paspalum distichum var. nanum (Döll) Stapf |
synonym | Paspalum distichum var. tristachyum (Schult.) Alph.Wood |
synonym | Paspalum distichum var. vaginatum (Sw.) Griseb. |
synonym | Paspalum fissifolium Nees ex Döll [Invalid] |
synonym | Paspalum fissifolium Nees ex Döll, pro syn. |
synonym | Paspalum foliosum (Lag.) Kunth |
synonym | Paspalum furcatum var. fissum Döll |
synonym | Paspalum gayanum É.Desv. |
synonym | Paspalum inflatum A.Rich. |
synonym | Paspalum jaguaense León |
synonym | Paspalum kleinianum J.Presl |
synonym | Paspalum kora J.R.Forst. ex Spreng. [Invalid] |
synonym | Paspalum kora J.R.Forst. ex Spreng., pro syn. |
synonym | Paspalum littorale R.Br. |
synonym | Paspalum moandaense Vanderyst [Invalid] |
synonym | Paspalum moandaense Vanderyst, nom. provis. |
synonym | Paspalum reimarioides Chapm. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Paspalum reimarioides Chapm., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Paspalum reptans Poir. ex Döll [Invalid] |
synonym | Paspalum reptans Poir. ex Döll, pro syn. |
synonym | Paspalum squamatum Steud. |
synonym | Paspalum tristachyum J.Le Conte [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Paspalum tristachyum Leconte, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Paspalum vaginatum f. longipes Lange |
synonym | Paspalum vaginatum subsp. nanum (Döll) Loxton |
synonym | Paspalum vaginatum var. littorale (R.Br.) Trin. |
synonym | Paspalum vaginatum var. nanum Döll |
synonym | Paspalum vaginatum var. reimarioides Chapm. |
synonym | Sanguinaria vaginata (Sw.) Bubani |
Malagasy |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Paspalum vaginatum is quite similar to P. distichum. The latter does not grow in salty environment and has a very externalized inflorescence, green leaves and a membranous ligule.
Characters to distinguish several Paspalum species
Racemes | Raceme length |
Spikelet raws |
Spikelet size | Spikelet shape | Spikelet thickness |
Spikelet hairiness | Species |
2(3) | 1,5-7 cm | 2 | 2,6-4 mm | elliptical | flattened | glabrous | P. vaginatum |
2(3) | 1,5-9 cm | 2 | 2,5-3,5 mm | elliptical | flat/convex | barely cilited | P. distichum |
2 | 4-20 cm | 2 | 1,4-1,8 mm | suborbicular | flattened | long and silky hairs | P. conjugatum |
2-6 (15) | 2-8 cm | 2 | 1,3-3 mm | suborbicular | flat/convex | glabrous | P. scrobiculatum |
3-7 | 3-10 cm | 4 | 2,8-3,8 mm | ovale pointed | flat/convex | long and silky hairs | P. dilatatum |
6-25 | 7-14 cm | 4 | 2,2-2,7 mm | ovale lanceolate | flattened | long and silky hairs | P. urvillei |
8-50 | 4-12 cm | 4 | 1,2-1,5 mm | suborbicular | flat/convex | ciliate | P. paniculatum |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Origin
Paspalum vaginatum is native to Central and South America.
Worldwide distribution
It is now a pantropical species.
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Local harmfulness
Benin: Paspalum vaginatum is rare and scarce in paddy fields.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Global management
For recommandations to control vivacious grass weed in irrigated rice and lowland rice in Africa, visit: http://portal.wiktrop.org/document/show/34
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Paspalum%2520vaginatum
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Liliopsida |
Order | Poales |
Family | Poaceae |
Genus | Paspalum |
Species | Paspalum vaginatum Sw. |