Summary
Place of publication:
Tabl. encycl. 1:176. 1791
Verified:
05/16/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rosengurtt, B. et al. Gramineas Uruguayas. 1970
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:505.
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
- Australia's Virtual Herbarium (on-line resource).
Common names
English
tussock paspalum – Spanish
paja colorada – paja manse –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Australasia
Northern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | | | George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980- |
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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=26909.
Accessed 18 July 2025.