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Taxon:
Axonopus scoparius
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Axonopus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Subtribe:
Paspalinae
Nomen number:
6165
Place of publication:
Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 11:45. 1922
Verified:
01/05/2020
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Paspalum scoparium
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Paspalum iridifolium
Poepp.
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Reference(s)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Axonopus+scoparius&quantity=1
Hitchcock, A. S.
1927. Grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24:291-556.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
=
Axonopus scoparius
(Fluegge) Hitchc., nom. superfl.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Tovar, Ó.
1993. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13:385.
Common names
English
carpet grass –
Reference(s)
imperial grass –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
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
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Name
References