Characteristics
Monocots
Axonopus compressus (Sw.)P.Beauv.
TROPICAL CARPETGRASS; BROADLEAF CARPETGRASS
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Native
FAC (NWPL)
AD (WAP)
FAC (DEP)
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Citation
AXONOPUS COMPRESSUS (Swartz) Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 12, 154. 1812.
Milium compressum Swartz 1788.
JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (holotype: S?).
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
Broward
USF
Charlotte
USF
Escambia
FLAS
Glades
USF
Gulf
FSU
Hardee
USF
Highlands
USF
Hillsborough
USF
Jackson
FSU
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Agrostis compressa
Agrostis compressa (Swartz) Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 259. 1810, non Poiret 1810, p. 258, nec Willdenow 1790.
BASIONYM: Milium compressum Swartz 1788.
Anastrophus compressus
Anastrophus compressus (Swartz) Schlechtendal ex Nash, in Britton, Man. Fl. N. States 75. 1901.
BASIONYM: Milium compressum Swartz 1788.
Anastrophus platicaulis
Anastrophus platicaulis (Poiret) Nash, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 79, 1327. 1903.
BASIONYM: Paspalum platicaulon Poiret 1804.
Axonopus brevipedunculatus
Axonopus brevipedunculatus Gledhill, Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2. 40: 127. 1966.
TYPE: SIERRA LEONE: Hastings, s.d., Gledhill 225 (holotype: ?; isotype: K).
Axonopus compressus subsp. brevipedunculatus
Axonopus compressus (Swartz) Palisot de Beauvois, subsp. brevipedunculatus Gledhill, Phytomorphology 12: 413. 1962.
TYPE: SIERRA LEONE: Hastings, s.d., Gledhill 54 (holotype: ?; isotype: K).
Axonopus compressus var. australis
Axonopus compressus (Swartz) Palisot de Beauvois, var. australis G. A. Black, Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 81. 1963.
TYPE: ARGENTINA: Misiones: La Granja, 11 Nov 1907, Ekman 599 (holotype: US).
Axonopus compressus var. macropodius
Axonopus compressus (Swartz) Palisot de Beauvois, var. macropodius (Steudel) G. A. Black, Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 82. 1963.
BASIONYM: Paspalum macropodium Steudel 1853.
Axonopus kisantuensis
Axonopus kisantuensis Vanderyst, Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 667. 1925.
TYPE: ZAIRE: Kisantu, s.d., Vanderyst 5806 (holotype: BR).
Axonopus multipes
Axonopus multipes Swallen, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 23: 459. 1933.
TYPE: MEXICO: Veracruz: Veracruz, 31 Aug 1910, Hitchcock 6578 (holotype: US).
Digitaria platicaulis
Digitaria platicaulis (Poiret) Desvaux, Opusc. Sci. Phys. Nat. 62. 1831.
BASIONYM: Paspalum platicaulon Poiret 1804.
Specimens and Distribution
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Counties listed: Broward, Charlotte, Chatham, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Orleans Par., Polk, Sarasota, St. Paul Par., Wayne
Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1957 - 2020
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