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Overview
Distribution
Paspalum urvillei Steud.:
Argentina (South America)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Chile (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Java (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
New Guinea (Asia)
Philippines (Asia)
Malaysia (Asia)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Paraguay (South America)
Uruguay (South America)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
China (Asia)
Argentina (South America)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Chile (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Java (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
New Guinea (Asia)
Philippines (Asia)
Malaysia (Asia)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Paraguay (South America)
Uruguay (South America)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
China (Asia)
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Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
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Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A. O. Chater. (eds.) 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: i–xvi, 1–543.
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Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic Wetland Pl. S.E. U.S. Monocot. 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens.
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Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2006. Fl. China 22: 1–733. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
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Liogier, H. & L. Martorell. 1982. Fl. Puerto Rico Adj. Islands 1–342. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
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Zuloaga, F. O., E. G. Nicora, Z. E. R. Agrasar, O. Morrone, J. Pensiero & A. M. Cialdella. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47: i–xi, 1–178.
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Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gram. Bolivia i–xxx, 1–644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Barkworth, M. E., K. M. Capels, S. Long & M. B. Piep. 2003. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. 25: i–xxv, 1–783. In Fl. N. Amer. Oxford University Press, New York.
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Renvoize, S. A. 1988. Hatschbach's Paraná Grass. 1–76. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Burkart, A. 1969. Gramíneas. 2: 1–551. In A. Burkart Fl. Il. Entre Ríos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.
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Chase, A. 1929. The North American species of Paspalum. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28(1): i–xvii, 1–310.
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Zuloaga, F. O. 1974. El genero Paspalum (Gramineae) en la provincia de Jujuy. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 16: 53–65.
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Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 2003. Paspalum. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 443–527.
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Chase, A. 1939. Paspalum of South America. unpublished manuscript.
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Pohl, R. W. & G. Davidse. 1994. 125. Paspalum L. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: 335–352.
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Parodi, L. R. 1937. Contribucion al estudio de las gramíneas del género "Paspalum" de la flora Uruguaya. Revista del Museo de La Plata, Nueva Serie, Botánica 1(4): 211–251.
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Distribution
Originally from Uruguay and Argentina, but now introduced into many warm countries. Taiwan, along ditches and roadsides, also in waste places.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
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Döll, J. C. 1877. Gramineae I. Paniceae. 2(2B): 34–342, t. 12–49. In C. F. P. von Martius Fl. Bras. F. Fleischer, Monachii et Lipsiae.
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Döll, J. C. 1877. Gramineae I. Paniceae. 2(2B): 34–342, t. 12–49. In C. F. P. von Martius Fl. Bras. F. Fleischer, Monachii et Lipsiae.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Physical Description
Morphology
Comments
This is a native of South America related to Paspalum dilatatum and likewise introduced widely in the tropics as a forage grass and weed.
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Description
Perennials; rhizome short; culm tufted, 50-200 cm high, glabrous. Blade 15-25 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous or slightly hariy on basal part; sheath densely covered with long stiff hairs, mouth of sheath with long white hairs; ligule 3-5 mm long tipped with long hairs. Inflorescence of 10-20 racemose racemes, 15-40 cm long; racemes 8-15 cm long. Spikelets 2-3-rows on one side of rachis, ovate, acute, 2-3 mm long, light green to slightly purple, margins densely covered with silky long hairs; lower glume reduced; upper glume with its backside facing rachis, ovate, 3-veined, lateral veins parallel to margins; lower lemma and upper glume alike, flat on dorsal part; upper lemma coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic, margins inrolled, veins obscure; stigma and anthers blackish purple.
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Physical Description
Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Rhizomes present, Rhizome short and compact, stems close, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, r ound in cross section, or polygonal, Stem internodes solid or spongy, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems with inflorescence 1-2 m tall, Stems with inflorescence 2-6 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous, Leaf sheath hairy, hispid or prickly, Leaf sheath hairy at summit, throat, or collar, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blades 1-2 cm wide, Leaf blades mostly flat, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Leaf blades scabrous, roughened, or wrinkled, Ligule present, Ligule an unfringed eciliate membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence a panicle with narrowly racemose or spicate branches, Inflorescence branches more than 1 0 to numerous, Inflorescence branches 1-sided, Rachis dilated, flat, central axis to which spikelets are attached, Rachis angular, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets sessile or subsessile, Spikelets dorsally compressed or terete, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 1 fertile floret, Spikelets with 2 florets, Spikelet with 1 fertile floret and 1-2 sterile florets, Spikelets paired at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelets disarticulating below the glumes, Spikelets secund, in rows on one side of rachis, Rachilla or pedicel glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 1 clearly present, the other greatly reduced or absent, Glumes distinctly unequal, Glumes equal to or longer than adjacent lemma, Glume equal to or longer than spikelet, Glumes 3 nerved, Lemma similar in texture to glumes, Lemma 3 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex truncate, rounded, or obtuse, Lemma awnless, Lemma straight, Palea present, well dev eloped, Palea shorter than lemma, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryopsis, Caryopsis white.
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Description
Perennial from a short rootstock. Culms robust, up to 2 m tall, glabrous. Leaf sheaths densely hispid, long hairs at the mouth; leaf blades linear, 15–50 × 0.5–1.5 cm, glabrous or pilose at the base, apex attenuate; ligule 3–5 mm. Inflorescence axis 10–30 cm; racemes 10–25, 8–15 cm, narrowly ascending or suberect; spikelets paired; rachis ca. 0.5 mm wide. Spikelets light green or purplish, ovate, 2–3 mm, sharply acute; upper glume membranous, 3-veined with laterals marginal, appressed-pubescent on back, margins densely fringed with long white hairs; lower lemma similar but glabrous on back; upper lemma elliptic, striate, obtuse. Fl. and fr. May–Oct. 2n = 40, 60.
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Type Information
Type fragment for Paspalum dilatatum var. parviflorum Döll in Mart.
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. Warming
Locality: Lagos Santa., Brazil, South America
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. Warming
Locality: Lagos Santa., Brazil, South America
- Type fragment: Martius, K. F. von. 1877. Fl. Bras. 2: 64.
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Type fragment for Paspalum virgatum var. parviflorum Döll in Mart.
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): F. Raben
Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): F. Raben
Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
- Type fragment: Martius, K. F. von. 1877. Fl. Bras. 2: 89.
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Type fragment for Paspalum urvillei Steud.
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. D'Urville
Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. D'Urville
Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
- Type fragment: Steudel, E. G. von. 1853. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 24.
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat & Distribution
Roadsides, waste places, introduced. Fujian, Hong Kong, Taiwan [native to South America].
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Barcode
Locations of barcode samples
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Paspalum urvillei 
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 2 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 2 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 2 |
| Public Records: | 0 |
| Species: | 1 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 1 |
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Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paspalum urvillei
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Species: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 1
Species: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
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Wikipedia
Paspalum urvillei
Paspalum urvillei is a species of grass known by the common name Vasey's grass, or Vaseygrass. It is native to South America, and it is known in parts of North America as an introduced species. It is a noxious weed where it has been introduced in Hawaii and New Caledonia.[1] It grows well in disturbed habitat, often in moist areas. This is a rhizomatous perennial grass which may reach 2 meters tall. The leaves are up to 2.5 centimeters wide and have a large, noticeable ligule. The inflorescence is a spreading or drooping array of up to 20 branches lined with rounded spikelets.
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