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Taxon:  Paspalum urvillei Steud.



Summary
Genus:
Paspalum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Subtribe:
Paspalinae
Nomen number:
26932
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. glumac. 1:24. 1853
Verified:
05/12/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Paspalum griseum Hack. ex M. P. Correa, nom. nud.
Paspalum larranagae Arechav.
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Reference(s)
  1. Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
  2. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
  3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  7. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  8. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
  9. Koning, R. de & M. S. M. Sosef. 1985. The Malesian species of Paspalum L. (Gramineae). Blumea 30:308-309.
  10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  11. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  12. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  15. Renvoize, S. A. Gramineas de Bolivia. 1998
  16. Renvoize, S. A. Hatschbach's Parana grasses. 1988
  17. Renvoize, S. A. The grasses of Bahia. 1984
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  19. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
Vasey grass –
French
herbe de Vasey –
Italian
paspalo eretto –
Japanese Rōmaji
tachi-suzume-no-hie –
Spanish
hierba de Vasey –
Transcribed Chinese
si mao que bai –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
4Naturalized     
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
Animal foodforage Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
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=26932. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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