Details for: PI 508658, Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv., 442-79


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv.
Top Name:
442-79
Origin:
Collected – Argentina
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1986
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv.
Top Name:
442-79
Origin:
Collected – Argentina
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1986
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
10 February 1979.
Argentina
Locality: On Parana River, about 30 km S of Montecarlo, Missiones Province
Comment: Received through 1979 USDA-ARS sponsored plant exploration to South America.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
442-79
Type: Donor identifier

BB 0179
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Plants bunch type. Leaves 0.6m long. Inflorescences 1.2m high. Spikelets more round and smaller than typical plants.
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv.
Genus:
Axonopus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Subtribe:
Paspalinae
Nomen number:

6174
Place of publication:

Ess. Agrostogr. 12, 154. 1812
Comment:
combination made in index
Verified:
05/06/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Milium compressum Sw.

Autonym(s)
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv. var. compressus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv. var. australis G. A. Black
Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv. var. jesuiticus A. A. Araújo

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblanket grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Englishbroadleaf carpet grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishcarpet grass  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
EnglishDorrington grass  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishlawn grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
EnglishLouisiana grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Englishtropical carpet grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Chineseditan cao地毯草 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
GermanTeppichgras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianassonopo compresso  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajitsurume-hishiba  2Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Portuguesepasto-chato  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishalfombra  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcañamazo dulce  2Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Spanishgrama trenza  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishzacate amargo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 20 Mar 2024, from Paspalum compressum Raf. to Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv. var. compressus
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Aug 2025, from Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv. var. compressus to Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv.
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