Paspalidium (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. As of June 2024, Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of Setaria.
The genus included about 40 species of annuals and perennials native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
Selected former species
- Paspalidium basicladum = Setaria basiclada
- Paspalidium caespitosum = Setaria brigalow (brigalow grass)
- Paspalidium distans = Setaria distans
- Paspalidium inaequale = Holcolemma dispar
- Paspalidium punctatum var. longiglume - Setaria media
- Paspalidium semitonsum - Whiteochloa semitonsa
External links
References
Stapf, Otto. 1920. In Prain, David, Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 582-583 ↩
Tropicos, Paspalidium Stapf http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002237?tab=subordinatetaxa ↩
Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/paspalidium-1 ↩
"Paspalidium Stapf". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-07. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/30147863-2 ↩
Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 537 类雀稗属 lei que bai shu Paspalidium Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 582. 1920. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124123 ↩
Flora of Pakistan http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=124123 ↩
Atlas of Living Australia, Paspalidium Stapf, Watercrown Grass http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:413074#tab_classification ↩
Allen, C. M. Paspalidium. Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual. Flora of North America. http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Paspalidium&type=treatment ↩
Paspalidium. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Paspalidium ↩