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Paspalum laxum Lam. (Tabl. Encycl. 1: 176. 1791.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Martinique, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Desecheo, Mona, Monito, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Anegada, Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native: FL), Common Names: Matojo de arena (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Paspalum floribundum Desv. (Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 162. 1831.), Paspalum glabrum Poir. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 30. 1804.), Paspalum helleri Nash (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 376. 1903.), Paspalum koleopodum Steud. (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 18. 1853.), Paspalum milioideum Desv. ex Poir. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. Suppl. 4: 315. 1816.), Paspalum rhizomatosum Steud. (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 17. 1853.), Paspalum tenacissimum Mez (Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56(Beibl. 125): 11. 1921.), 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). 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. 4). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). 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. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 8). 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. 9). The C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium. 2003. Vascular plants type catalog. New York Botanical Garden. Website: sciweb.nybg.org/science2/hcol/vasc/index.asp 10). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 11). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 12). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. 13). 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 03 Dec 09 |