Taxon: Paspalum repens P. J. Bergius

Summary

Genus:

Paspalum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paspaleae

Subtribe:

Paspalinae

Nomen number:

70495

Place of publication:

Acta Helv. Phys.-Math. 7:129, t. 7. 1772

Verified:

03/08/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Paspalum repens P. J. Bergius var. fluitans (Elliott) Wipff & S. D. Jones (0 active accession[s])
Paspalum repens P. J. Bergius var. repens (0 active accession[s])

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

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Kahn, F. et al. 1993. Las plantas vasculares en las aguas continentales del Peru IFEA, Lima, Peru.
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
León, B. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish common names
Morrone, O. et al. 1996. A revision of the species of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), group Dissecta (s. str.). Candollea 51:127-131, 133-134.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Tovar, Ó. 1993. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13:353.
Wipff, J. K. & S. D. Jones. 1994. Nomenclatural combinations in Poaceae and Cyperaceae. Phytologia 77:461-462.
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	water paspalum	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Portuguese	capim-aquatico	2	Morrone, O. et al. 1996. A revision of the species of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), group Dissecta (s. str.). Candollea 51:127-131, 133-134.
Portuguese	capim-d'agua	2	Morrone, O. et al. 1996. A revision of the species of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), group Dissecta (s. str.). Candollea 51:127-131, 133-134.
Portuguese	capim-membeca	2	Morrone, O. et al. 1996. A revision of the species of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), group Dissecta (s. str.). Candollea 51:127-131, 133-134.
Spanish	gramalote	2	León, B. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish common names
Spanish	gramalote de tahuampa	2	Morrone, O. et al. 1996. A revision of the species of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), group Dissecta (s. str.). Candollea 51:127-131, 133-134.
Spanish	paja de agua	2	Morrone, O. et al. 1996. A revision of the species of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), group Dissecta (s. str.). Candollea 51:127-131, 133-134.
Spanish	trenza acuática	2	Morrone, O. et al. 1996. A revision of the species of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), group Dissecta (s. str.). Candollea 51:127-131, 133-134.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia	c.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amapá
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Maranhão
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraná
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Norte
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Roraima
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	São Paulo
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica	Alajuela		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica	Guanacaste		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica	Limón		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica	Puntarenas		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador	La Paz
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador	Santa Ana
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala	Jutiapa		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras	Comayagua		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama	Colón		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama	Panamá		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Apure
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Barinas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Delta Amacuro
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Falcón
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Portuguesa
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Yaracuy
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Buenos Aires		Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes		Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa		Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santa Fe		Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Boquerón
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Central
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Concepción
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Cordillera
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Paraguarí
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Presidente Hayes
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	El Beni
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	La Paz
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Santa Cruz
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Antioquia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Bolívar
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Caquetá
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Casanare
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Chocó
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Córdoba
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Magdalena
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Santander
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vaupés
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Guayas		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Los Ríos		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Sucumbíos		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Madre de Dios		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Tumbes		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45

Native
Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana (s.), Ohio (s.), West Virginia (w.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (c.), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tabasco]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica [Alajuela, Guanacaste, Limón, Puntarenas], Guatemala [Jutiapa], Honduras [Comayagua], Nicaragua, Panama [Colón, Panamá], El Salvador [La Paz, Santa Ana]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Delta Amacuro, Falcón, Portuguesa, Yaracuy]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraná, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, São Paulo]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz], Colombia [Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Caquetá, Casanare, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Santander, Vaupés], Ecuador [Guayas, Los Ríos, Napo, Sucumbíos], Peru [Loreto, Madre de Dios, Tumbes]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Formosa, Santa Fe], Paraguay [Boquerón, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes], Uruguay

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage		Kahn, F. et al. 1993. Las plantas vasculares en las aguas continentales del Peru IFEA, Lima, Peru.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70495. Accessed 12 May 2026.