Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf (Fl. Trop. Afr. 9(4): 583. 1920.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Kitts, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Haiti, Navassa, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Anegada, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Water-grass (Bahamas), Yerba de agua (Puerto Rico),
Synonyms: Panicum geminatum Forssk. (Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 18. 1775.), Panicum paspaloides Pers. (Syn. Pl. 1: 81. 1805.), Paspalidium paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Parodi (Gram. Bonaer., ed. 3. 89. 1939.),
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