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The genus Paspalum is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Paspalum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Paspalum acuminatum Raddi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum acutifolium León	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum acutum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum adoperiens (E.Fourn.) Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum affine Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum albidulum Henrard	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum alcalinum Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum almum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum alstonii Chase	Accepted		TRO
Paspalum alterniflorum A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum altsonii Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ammodes Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum amphicarpum Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum anderssonii Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum apiculatum Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum approximatum Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum arenarium Schrad.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum arsenei Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum arundinaceum Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum arundinellum Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum aspidiotes Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum atabapense Davidse & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum atratum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum azuayense Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum bakeri Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum barbinode Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum barclayi Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum batianoffii B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum bertonii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum biaristatum Filg. & Davidse	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum bifidifolium Soderstr.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum bifidum (Bertol.) Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum blodgettii Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum bonairense Henrard	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum bonplandianum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum botteri (E.Fourn.) Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum brachytrichum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum breve Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum buchtienii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum burchellii Munro ex Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum burmanii Filg., Morrone & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum cachimboense Davidse, Morrone, Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum caespitosum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum campinarum Filg. & Davidse	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum canarae (Steud.) Veldkamp	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum candidum (Flüggé) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum capillifolium Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum carinatum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum centrale Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ceresia (Kuntze) Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum chacoense Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum chaffanjonii Maury	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum chaseanum Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum cinerascens (Döll) A.G.Burm. & M.Bastos	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum clandestinum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum clavuliferum C.Wright	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum commune Lillo	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum compressifolium Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum conduplicatum Canto-Dorow, Valls & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum conjugatum P.J.Bergius	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum conspersum Schrad.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum convexum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum corcovadense Raddi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum cordaense Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum cordatum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum coryphaeum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum costaricense Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum costellatum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum crinitum Chase ex Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum crispatum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum crispulum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum cromyorhizon Trin. ex Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum crustarium Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum culiacanum Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum cultratum (Trin.) S.Denham	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum curassavicum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum cymbiforme E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum dasypleurum Kunze ex É.Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum dasytrichum Dusén ex Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum dedeccae Quarín	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum delavayi Henrard	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum delicatum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum densum Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum denticulatum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum difforme J.Le Conte	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum dilatatum Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum dispar Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum dissectum (L.) L.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum distachyon Poir. ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum distichum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum distortum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum divergens Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum durifolium Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum edmondii León	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ekmanianum Henrard	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ellipticum Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum equitans Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum erectum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum erianthoides Lindm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum erianthum Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum eucomum Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum exaltatum J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum expansum Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum falcatum Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum fasciculatum Willd. ex Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum filgueirasii Morrone & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum filiforme Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum fimbriatum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum flaccidum Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum flavum J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum floridanum Michx.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum foliiforme S. Denham	Accepted		TRO
Paspalum formosum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum forsterianum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum galapageium Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum gardnerianum Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum geminiflorum Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum gemmosum Chase ex Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum giganteum Baldwin ex Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum glabrinode (Hack.) Morrone & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum glaucescens Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum glumaceum Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum goyanum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum goyasense Davidse, Morrone, Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum gracielae Sulekic	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum guaricense Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum guayanerum Beetle	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum guenoarum Arechav.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum guttatum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum haenkeanum J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hartwegianum E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hatsbachii Zuloaga & Morrone	Accepted		TRO
Paspalum hatschbachii Zuloaga & Morrone	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum haumanii Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum heterotrichon Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hintonii Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hirsutum Retz.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hirtum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hispidum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hitchcockii Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum humboldtianum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum hyalinum Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum imbricatum Filg.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum inaequivalve Raddi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum inconstans Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum indecorum Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum insulare Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum intermedium Munro ex Morong	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ionanthum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum jaliscanum Chase ex Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum jesuiticum Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum jimenezii Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum juergensii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum killipii (Hitchc.) Zuloaga & Soderstr.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lachneum Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lacustre Chase ex Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum laeve Michx.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lamprocaryon K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lanciflorum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum langei (E.Fourn.) Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum latipes Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum laxum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lentiginosum J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum leptachne Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ligulare Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lilloi Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lindenianum A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum lineare Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum loefgrenii Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum longiaristatum Davidse & Filg.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum longicuspe Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum longifolium Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum longipedunculatum J.Le Conte	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum longipilum Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum longum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum macranthecium Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum macrophyllum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum maculosum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum madorense Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum malacophyllum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum malmeanum Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum mandiocanum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum maritimum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum marmoratum Kuhlm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum mayanum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum melanospermum Desv. ex Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum microstachyum J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum millegrana Schrad.	Accepted		TRO
Paspalum millegranum Schrad.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum minarum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum minus E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum modestum Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum molle Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum monostachyum Vasey ex Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum morichalense Davidse, Zuloaga & Filg.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum motembense León	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum multicaule Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum multinervium A.G.Burm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum multinodum B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum mutabile Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum nanum C.Wright ex Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum nelsonii Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum nesiotes Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum nicorae Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum niquelandiae Filg.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum notatum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum nudatum Luces	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum nummularium Chase ex Send.& A.G.Burm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum nutans Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum oligostachyum Salzm. ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum orbiculatum Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum orinocense S. Denham	Accepted		TRO
Paspalum oteroi Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ovale Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pallens Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pallidum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum palmeri Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum palustre Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum paniculatum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum parviflorum Rhode ex Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pauciciliatum (Parodi) Herter	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum paucifolium Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum peckii F.T.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pectinatum Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum penicillatum Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum petilum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum petrense A.G.Burm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum petrosum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum phyllorhachis Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pictum Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pilgerianum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pilosum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pisinnum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum planum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum plenum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pleostachyum Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum plicatulum Michx.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum plowmanii Morrone & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum polyphyllum Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum praecox Walter	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum procurrens Quarín	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum proximum Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum psammophilum Nash ex Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pubiflorum E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pubifolium J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pulchellum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pumilum Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum pygmaeum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum quarinii Morrone & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum racemosum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum ramboi I.L.Barreto	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum reclinatum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rectum Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum redondense Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum reduncum Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum redundans Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum regnellii Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum remotum Remy	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum repens P.J.Bergius	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum reptatum Hitchc. & Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum restingense Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum reticulinerve Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum riedelii Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rigidifolium Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum riparium Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rocanum León	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rottboellioides C.Wright	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rugulosum Morrone & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rupestre Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum rupium Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum saccharoides Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum saugetii Chase ex Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum saurae (Parodi) Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum scalare Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum schultesii Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum scrobiculatum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum scutatum Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum serpentinum Hochst. ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum setaceum Michx.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum simplex Morong	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum sodiroanum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum soukupii E.Carbono	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum sparsum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum squamulatum E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum standleyi Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum stellatum Flüggé	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum strigosum Döll ex Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum subciliatum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum subfalcatum (Döll) Tutin	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum subsesquiglume Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum supinum Bosc ex Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum telmatum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum tenellum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum thunbergii Kunth ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum tillettii Davidse & Zuloaga	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum tinctum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum tolucense R.Guzmán	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum trachycoleon Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum trianae Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum trichophyllum Henrard	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum trichotomum Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum trinii Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum tuberosum Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum tumidum Kuhlm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum turriforme R.W.Pohl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum umbrosum Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum unispicatum (Scribn. & Merr.) Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum urbanianum Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum urvillei Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum usteri Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum uyucense R.W.Pohl	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum vaginatum Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum validum Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum vallsii R.C.Oliveira & G.H.Rua	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum variabile (E.Fourn.) Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum venezuelanum (Chase) A.G.Burm.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum virgatum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum virletii E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum volcanense Zuloaga, Morrone & S.Denham	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum wrightii Hitchc. & Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Paspalum zuloagae Davidse & Filg.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,153 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Paspalum. Of these 323 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 284 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Paspalum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,153 species names for the genus Paspalum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	323	28.0%
◕	Synonym	768	66.6%
◕	Unplaced	34	2.9%
◕	Unassessed	28	2.4%

All names

The status of the 1,437 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Paspalum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	326	22.7%
◕	Synonym	1,048	72.9%
◕	Unplaced	34	2.4%
◕	Unassessed	29	2.0%

Of these names,

• 81 are recorded as invalid
• 95 are recorded as illegitimate
• 10 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 1,153 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Paspalum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	318	691	0	0	1,009	87.5%
	Medium confidence	5	72	0	0	77	6.7%
	Low confidence	0	5	34	28	67	5.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Paspalum, are as follows: