Taxon:  Paspalum lividum Trin. ex Schltdl.



Summary
Genus:
Paspalum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paspaleae
Subtribe:
Paspalinae
Nomen number:
26875
Place of publication:
Linnaea 26:383.  1854
Verified:
05/15/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
15 (9  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Paspalum hieronymi Hack.
Paspalum proliferum Arechav.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:384.
  2. Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
  3. Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
  4. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators Note: = Paspalum hieronymi Hack.
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  6. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
  7. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
  10. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
  11. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
  12. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
  13. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:484. Note: = Paspalum denticulatum Trin.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishlongtom  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishtropic lalo as Paspalum hieronymi1University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo León McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosí McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCiudad de México McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil   
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay   
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia   
2Cultivated    also cult. 
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere, incl. Cuba 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere, incl. Cuba)

Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  2. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  3. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalsoil improveras tropic laloUniversity of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
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=26875. Accessed 12 May 2026.