Paspalum notatum Flüggé

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Paspalum notatum

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Borrowdale Common, Harare

Paspalum notatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Old cottages at Katiyo Tea Estate

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Synonyms:
Common names: Bahia grass (English) Beira grass (English)
Frequency: Local
Status: Cultivated and naturalised
Description:
Mat-forming, creeping perennial, arising from stout rhizomes. Culms up to 50 cm. The inflorescences are usually paired, occasionally 3, each 2.5–12 cm. long. Spikelets borne singly in 2 rows on a narrow rhachis. Spikelets 2.5–3.8 mm. long, broadly elliptic, plumply plano-convex, green. Superior glume and inferior lemma cartilaginous, glabrous. Superior lemma pallid at maturity.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: Introduced for grazing and erosion control. It is found as an occasional escape of disturbed places, often found in lawns and on road sides, mainly in and around urban areas.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:Dec - Apr
Worldwide distribution: Native of South America.
Zimbabwe distribution: C,E,S
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Insects associated with this species: Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 42.

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Page 89.

Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 69.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 108.


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Paspalum notatum
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Wikipedia: Paspalum notatum


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Paspalum notatum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=107110, retrieved 28 March 2024

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