Paspalum glabrum Poir.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Paspalum glabrum Poir.

  • Description

    Species Description - Culms tufted, slender, glabrous, erect or ascending, simple, 3-10 dm. high. Leaves 5-20 cm. long, 3-8 mm. wide, roughish-margined, with a few hairs at the base of the blade; racemes 2-6, narrow, 10 cm. long or less, erect or spreading; spikelets many, oval, glabrous or pubescent, 1.7-2 mm. long, obtuse.

  • Distribution

    Moist grounds, Abaco and Great Sturrup Cay to Andros, North Caicos, Grand Turk and Inagua : Cuba to Tortola and Barbadoes ; Jamaica. Referred by Hitchcock to P. nanum C. Wright.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Barbados South America| Jamaica South America|