Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv. (Ess. Agrostogr. 12. 1812.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Santiago, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (native), Common Names: Cañamaso dulce (Cuba), Cañamazo dulce (Cuba), Cañamazo macho (Cuba), Cáñamo (Cuba), Canutillo (Cuba), Carpet grass (Bahamas), Carpet grass (Jamaica), Flat joint-grass (Bahamas), Grama colorada (Puerto Rico), Yerba alfombra (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Milium compressum Sw. (Prodr. 24. 1788.), Paspalum compressum (Sw.) Raspail (Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 301. 1825.), Paspalum filostachyum A. Rich. ex Steud. (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 20. 1853.), Paspalum guadaloupense Steud. (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 18. 1853.), Paspalum platycaule Willd. ex Steud. (Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 272. 1841.), Paspalum platycaulon Poir. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 34. 1804.), Paspalum raunkiaeri Mez (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 60. 1917.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 6). Hitchcock, A.S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies. U.S.D.A. Miscellaneous Publication No. 243. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 10). Proctor, G.R. 2002. Additions to the Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. 57: 235-237. 11). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 12). Soreng, R.J., P.M. Peterson, G. Davidse, E.J. Judziewicz, F.O. Zuloaga, T.S. Filgueiras, and O. Morrone. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48: 1-730. 13). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 14). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 15). 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: 1-662. Last edited 17 Jun 10 |