Characteristics
Monocots
Paspalum dilatatum Poir.
DALLISGRASS
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Not Native FAC (NWPL) FAC (DEP)
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Classification
POALES
Paspalum dilatatum Poir. - DALLISGRASS
Citation
PASPALUM DILATATUM Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 35. 1804.
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ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, s.d., Commerson s.n. (holotype: P; isotypes: P, US(fragm)).
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)
No sources found
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Digitaria dilatata
Digitaria dilatata (Poiret) Coste, Fl. Descr. France 3: 553. 1906.
BASIONYM: Paspalum dilatatum Poiret 1804.
 
Panicum platense
Panicum platense (Sprengel) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 363. 1898.
BASIONYM: Paspalum platense Sprengel 1824.
 
Paspalum dilatatum var. decumbens
Paspalum dilatatum Poiret, var. decumbens Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 166. 1886.
 
TYPE: LOUISIANA: Plaquemines Par.: Without locality, 6 Oct 1883, Langlois 27 (holotype: US; isoytpe: US).
Paspalum dilatatum var. sacchariferum
Paspalum dilatatum Poiret, var. sacchariferum Arechavaleta, Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 90. 1894.
 
TYPE: URUGUAY: Without data, Mar-Apr, Arechavaleta s.n. (holotype: MVM; isotype: US).
Paspalum eriophorum
Paspalum eriophorum Schultes & Schultes f., in Schultes, Mant. 3: 560. 1827.
BASIONYM: Paspalum lanatum Sprengel 1827, non Kunth 1816.
 
Paspalum lanatum
Paspalum lanatum Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4(2): 30. 1827, non Kunth 1816.
 
TYPE: BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul: Without data, Sellow s.n. (holotype: B?; isotype: US(fragm)).
Paspalum ovatum
Paspalum ovatum Nees von Esenbeck ex Trinius, Gram. Panic. 113. 1826.
 
TYPE: BRAZIL: Without data, Eschscholtz s.n. (holotype: LE; isotype: US(fragm)).
Paspalum ovatum var. grandiflorum
Paspalum ovatum Nees von Esenbeck ex Trinius, var. grandiflorum Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2(1): 43. 1829.
BASIONYM: Paspalum platense Sprengel 1824.
 
Paspalum pedunculare
Paspalum pedunculare J. Presl, in C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 217. 1830.
 
TYPE: WIthout data, Haenke s.n. (holotype: PR; isotype: US(fragm)).
Paspalum platense
Paspalum platense Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 247. 1824 ("1825").
 
TYPE: URUGUAY: Montevideo, s.d., Sellow s.n. (holotype: B; isotypes: LE, US(fragm)).
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Aiken, Anderson, Baldwin, Caroline, Chatham, Cocke, Columbia, DeKalb, Dorchester, Escambia, Hale, Hernando, Hillsborough, Horry, James City, Jefferson Par., Lancaster, Lincoln Par., Madison, Marion, Marshall, McIntosh, Nash, Oconee, Orleans Par., Ouachita Par., Payne, Polk, Princess Anne, Queen Anne's, Sevier, Smith, Somerset, St. Lucie, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Tishomingo, Tuscaloosa, Union, Wicomico, Worcester

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1905 - 2015

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Alabama
Baldwin Co.
20 May 1981
8979
G. Wilhelm
USA
Alabama
Escambia Co.
19 May 1981
8800
G. Wilhelm
USA
Alabama
Hale Co.
23 Oct 1950
24371
E. Whitehouse
USA
Alabama
Tuscaloosa Co.
17 Aug 1933
3095
R. M. Harper
USA
Florida
Columbia Co.
31 Jul 2000
s.n.
W. K. Taylor
USA
Florida
Escambia Co.
04 Jun 2015
s.n.
F. Butera
USA
Florida
Hernando Co.
15 Jun 1958
7013
R. Kral
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
19 Jul 1995
s.n.
S. Landry
USA
Florida
Marion Co.
01 Aug 2003
s.n.
W. K. Taylor
USA
Florida
Polk Co.
27 Jun 1998
1127
C. vanHoek
Plant Photos
Paspalum dilatatum - 8
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