Paspalum
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Genus Description - Perennial grasses, various in habit, with generally flat leaves and 1-flowered spikelets, borne singly or in pairs in 2 rows on 1-sided spikes, which are single, in pairs or panicled. Spikelets oblong to orbicular, flat on the outer surface, convex on the inner. Scales 3, the outer ones membranous, the inner one indurated and subtending a palet and perfect flower. Stamens 3. Styles separate. Stigmas plumose. Grain ovoid or oblong, free. [An ancient Greek name for some grass, used by Hippocrates.] About 160 species, of wide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, most abundant in America. Type species: Panicum dissectum- L.