PLANTS Profile for Paspalum racemosum (Peruvian paspalum)

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Paspalum racemosum Lam.
Peruvian paspalum

Symbol:

PARA6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		W

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Germany, Erfurt. Usage Requirements.

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Paspalum racemosum Lam.

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Synonyms:
Paspalum racemosum Lam.

PAST22

Paspalum stoloniferum Bosc

Distribution:
Paspalum racemosum Lam.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CO, KS, MS), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Paspalum racemosum Lam.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Paspalum

Classification:
Paspalum racemosum Lam.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Paspalum L. – crowngrass
Species	Paspalum racemosum Lam. – Peruvian paspalum

Introduced Information:
Paspalum racemosum Lam.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Paspalum racemosum Lam.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Paspalum racemosum Lam.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41001.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 09:20 AM CDT