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Taxon:
Axonopus compressus
(Sw.) P. Beauv.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Axonopus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Subtribe:
Paspalinae
Nomen number:
6174
Place of publication:
Ess. Agrostogr. 12, 154. 1812
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394233
Comment:
combination made in index
Verified:
05/06/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1
(
1
active,
1
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Axonopus compressus
(Sw.) P. Beauv. var.
compressus
(0 active accession[s])
Axonopus compressus
(Sw.) P. Beauv. var.
jesuitica
A. A. Araújo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Milium compressum
Sw.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Axonopus compressus
(Sw.) P. Beauv. var.
australis
G. A. Black
No images
Reference(s)
Abbiw, D. K.
1990. Useful plants of Ghana Intermediate Technology Publications & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Catasús Guerra, L. J.
2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
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+compressus&quantity=1
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed.
1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Hitchcock, A. S.
1927. Grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24:291-556.
Hitchcock, A. S.
1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Kamal-Uddin, M. et al.
2009. Floristic composition of weed community in turf grass area of West Peninsular Malaysia. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 11:13-20.
URL:
http://www.fspublishers.org/ijab/index_ijab.jsp
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:53.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Veldkamp, J. F.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
Common names
English
blanket grass –
Reference(s)
broadleaf carpet grass –
Reference(s)
carpet grass –
Reference(s)
Dorrington grass –
Reference(s)
lawn grass –
Reference(s)
Louisiana grass –
Reference(s)
tropical carpet grass –
Reference(s)
German
Teppichgras –
Reference(s)
Italian
assonopo compresso –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
tsurume-hishiba –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
pasto-chato –
Reference(s)
Spanish
alfombra –
Reference(s)
cañamazo dulce –
Reference(s)
grama trenza –
Reference(s)
zacate amargo –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
ditan cao –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
e.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Arkansas
c.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Georgia
w.-c.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Mississippi
n.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
South Carolina
s.
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
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
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
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
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
4
Naturalized
widely natzd. in paleotropics
Native
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Alabama, Arkansas (c.), Florida (s.), Georgia (w.-c.), Louisiana (s.), Mississippi (n.e.), South Carolina (s.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Texas (e.)]
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Bahamas
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Jamaica
,
St. Lucia
,
Martinique
,
United States
[Puerto Rico],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Paraguay
,
Uruguay
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
MALESIA:
Malaysia
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in paleotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:53.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Environmental
erosion control
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:53.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Environmental
lawn/turf
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:53.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Weed
potential seed contaminant
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Name
References