PLANTS Profile for Paspalum quadrifarium (tussock paspalum)

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PLANTS Profile

Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.
tussock paspalum

Symbol:

PAQU6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	paja colorada
	paja manse

More Information:

Images:
Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.

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Native Status:
Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (MS)

Related Taxa:
Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Paspalum

Classification:
Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Paspalum L. – crowngrass
Species	Paspalum quadrifarium Lam. – tussock paspalum

Introduced Information:
Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 11:15 PM CDT