Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:855. 1759
Comment:
controversy over typification resolved in Taxon 32:281. 1983
Verified:
05/11/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
couch paspalum – eternity grass – ginger grass – joint grass – knotgrass – Mercer grass – seaside millet – Thompson grass – water couch – water-finger grass – Arabic
moddeid – Japanese Rōmaji
kishū-suzume-no-hie – Portuguese
grama-de-Joanópolis – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-arame – grama-braba – grama-da-praia – grama-doce – grama-rasteira-da-praia – Spanish
grama colorada – gramilla blanca – Transcribed Chinese
shuang sui que bai –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Norte | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Aguascalientes | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Federal District | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guanajuato | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Morelos | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Queretaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Para | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Parana | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pernambuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sergipe | |
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 | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | St. Vincent | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
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 | 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 | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North West | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shandong | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Delhi | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Manipur | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Meghalaya | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Nagaland | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | North Indian Ocean | India | Andaman and Nicobar | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | Krym | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Slovenia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [New Jersey]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Zacatecas]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Idaho, Oregon, Washington]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Veracruz]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe]
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent]
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
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CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan
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CHINA:
China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India [Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN:
India [Andaman and Nicobar]
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Ukraine [Krym]
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
Other
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Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:180. |
Animal food | forage | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:180. |
Environmental | erosion control | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:180. |
Harmful organism host | crop diseases | | Holm, L. et al. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. 1997 568. |
Harmful organism host | crop pests | | Holm, L. et al. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. 1997 568. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
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