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Taxon:  Paspalum scrobiculatum L.



Summary
Genus:
Paspalum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Subtribe:
Paspalinae
Nomen number:
26917
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 1:29. 1767
Verified:
04/07/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Paspalum scrobiculatum L. var. bispicatum Hack. (0 active accession[s])
Paspalum scrobiculatum L. var. scrobiculatum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
creeping paspalum –
ditch millet –
Indian paspalum –
kodo millet –
scrobic paspalum –
water couch –
German
Kodohirse –
India (Hindi)
kodo –
kodra –
Japanese Rōmaji
suzume-no-kobie –
Spanish
mijo koda –
Swedish
koda-hirs –
Transcribed Chinese
ya jie cao –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=26917. Accessed 16 March 2025.

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