Taxon:
Paspalum vaginatum Sw.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 21. 1788
Verified:
05/30/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
biscuit grass – saltwater couch – seashore paspalum – silt grass – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-paturá – grama-rasteira – Spanish
grama de costa –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | w. |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | w. |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | Bioko | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | s. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Victoria | e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Alagoas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Ceará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Espírito Santo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraíba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pernambuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Norte | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | São Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sergipe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | Saint Vincent | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | Sardegna | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | Sicilia | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Somalia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (w.), Equatorial Guinea [Bioko]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola (w.), Mozambique
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Yemen
-
CHINA:
China [Yunnan Sheng, Hainan Sheng]
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (s.)
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales (e.), Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia (s.), Victoria (e.), Western Australia]
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia (s.), Louisiana (s.), Mississippi (s.), North Carolina, South Carolina (s.e.)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas (s.e.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Baja California Sur]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Colima, Jalisco, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines [Saint Vincent], Virgin Islands (British)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Australasia
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy [Sicilia, Sardegna]
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | erosion control | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |
Environmental | potential as lawn/turf | | Kenna, M. P. 2000. The United States Golf Association: a leader in the science of turf for 80 years. Diversity 16:11-14. |
Environmental | revegetator | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |