Details for: PI 58966, Axonopus scoparius (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Axonopus scoparius (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.

Origin:

Collected – Guayas, Ecuador

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

02 Apr 1924

PI Assigned:

1924

Inventory Volume:

79
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Axonopus scoparius (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.

Origin:

Collected – Guayas, Ecuador

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

02 Apr 1924

PI Assigned:

1924

Source History

Collected

Guayas, Ecuador

Collector(s):

Hitchcock, A.S., Bureau of Plant Industry - USDA

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

This South American grass is used at low altitudes for forage, being cut green and fed as is done with guinea grass. I saw it first on the estate of J.A. Cleveland, of Guayaquil, in the rain belt at the foot of the mountains near Bucay. The grass is set out from plants obtained by division of the roots. It is called there "gramalote." I suspect this name is the same as gamalote, which is used for a different species in some other countries. The grass appears to be looked upon with favor, as it is large and succulent and produces abundant forage. It is preferred to guinea grass, which grows under about the same conditions. I found the same grass again in the Perene Valley of central Peru at an altitude of about 2,000 feet. There it is called maicillo and is used in competition with guinea grass. It appeared again in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is there called cachi. In the intermediate altitude from 5,000 to 8,000 feet it was the only forage obtained for our mules while traveling. Throughout the region the grass is native and has been transferred to cultivation. (Hitchcock.)

Axonopus scoparius (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.

Genus:

Axonopus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paspaleae

Subtribe:

Paspalinae

Nomen number:

6165

Place of publication:

Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 11:45. 1922

Verified:

01/05/2020 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Paspalum scoparium Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	carpet grass			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	imperial grass			1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 17 Oct 1995, from Paspalum scoparium Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé to Axonopus scoparius (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.