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Paspalum plicatulum Michx.

Brownseed paspalum (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Paspalum

Characteristics

Perennial. Culms tufted, erect or ascending, usually compressed, 30–150 cm tall. Leaf sheaths longer than internodes, keeled, glabrous or pubescent at base; leaf blades linear, usually folded at base, flat above, 10–50 × 0.3–1 cm, adaxial surface pilose at base and mouth, apex acuminate; ligule 1–2 mm. Inflorescence axis 3–15 cm; racemes 3–10, 5–8 cm, laxly ascending to spreading, axils pilose; spikelets paired; rachis 0.75–1 mm wide. Spikelets brown at maturity, obovate, 2–3 mm, subacute to obtuse; upper glume membranous, 5-veined, glabrous or sometimes appressed-pubescent; lower lemma membranous, 3–5-veined, glabrous, with short transverse wrinkles just inside the slightly raised margin; upper lemma deep brown, strongly convex dorsally, subequaling spikelet, smooth, shiny. Fl. and fr. summer–autumn. 2n = 20, 40, 60.
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Perennial; culms in small tufts, mostly 0.5-1 m. high, erect or ascending, simple or sparingly branched, glabrous; sheaths longer than the internodes, keeled, glabrous or sparsely papillose-pilose; ligule 2-3 mm. long, brown, truncate; blades as much as 50 cm. long, 3-10 mm. wide, firm, flat or folded, glabrous or sparsely papillose-pilose on the upper surface, especially along the margins; racemes few to several, usually arcuate-spreading, 2-10 cm. long with a tuft of long hairs at the base, these sometimes nearly wanting; spikelets 2.5-2.8 mm. long, paired, glabrous or appressed-pubescent, the sterile lemma cross-wrinkled near the margins; fruit dark brown, smooth and shining.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light 5-6
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 1-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food fodder
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 27
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Fruit

Paspalum plicatulum fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Paspalum plicatulum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Andorra, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Wallis and Futuna

Conservation status

Paspalum plicatulum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:184571-2
WFO ID wfo-0000888224
COL ID 4DWLL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446323
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Panicum antillense Paspalum caperatum Paspalum decumbens Paspalum formosum Paspalum lenticulare Paspalum plicatum Paspalum montevidense Paspalum plicatulum Paspalum pubifolium Paspalum ramosum Paspalum texanum Paspalum atrocarpum Paspalum campestre Paspalum marginatum Paspalum pontanalis Paspalum undulatum Paspalum caespitosum Paspalum gracile Paspalum lachneum Paspalum lenticulare f. intumescens Paspalum multiflorum Paspalum orthos Paspalum pauperculum Paspalum saxatile Paspalum tenue Paspalum antillense Paspalum pauperculum var. altius Paspalum plicatum subsp. montevidense Paspalum plicatulum var. glabrum Paspalum plicatulum var. intumescens Paspalum plicatulum var. longipilum Paspalum plicatulum var. villosissima Paspalum virgatum var. undulatum Panicum plicatulum Paspalum plicatulum var. plicatulum Paspalum plicatulum subsp. plicatulum Paspalum plicatulum var. cinereum Paspalum plicatulum var. ellipticum Paspalum plicatulum var. genuinum Paspalum plicatulum var. oblongum Paspalum plicatulum var. rigidum Paspalum paludosum
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