Paspalum minus E.Fourn.

274	Rhodora	tVo1- 66
1Contribution No. 56 from the Stephen F. Austin State College
Department of Biology. This publication was made possible with the
aid of a faculty research grant.
’'Personal communication.
Reprinted from Rhodora, Vol. 66, 767, 1964
NOTES ON PASPALUM MINUS AND ANDROPOGON
PERTUSUS IN THE UNITED STATES1 — Hitchcock and
Chase (1950) reported Paspalum minus Foum. to occur in
“eastern Texas; Mexico to West Indies and Paraguay”. In
1962 I collected the species near Mobile, Alabama. The
identification was verified by Thomas R. Söderström, U. S.
National Herbarium. According to him,2 the only previous
collections in the National Herbarium from the continental
United States are “all from Texas (from near Fannett,
Beaumont, and Anahuac)My collection data are as fol-
lows :
ALABAMA. Mobile County : In sandy area among long-
leaf pines, approximately 7.2 miles south of Mobile just west
of Alabama Highway 163. Small clump forming a sod.
Apparently rare. D. J. Banks 1647. August 14,1962. (astc,
Auburn University, GA, GH, mo, ny, us) .
ducting cytotaxonomic investigations on this species and its
relatives. My collection data are as follows:
FLORIDA. Monroe County: roadside, approximately 5
miles east of Marathon on U. S. Highway 1. Forming a
turf. Vegetative condition collected September 9, 1961.
Transplanted to greenhouse at Athens, Georgia and col-
lected in flowering condition from pot on November 20,
1961. D. J. Banks 1234. (ASTC, FSU, MO, NY, US).
Donald J. Banks
STEPHEN P. AUSTIN STATE COLLEGE, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
LITERATURE CITED
Hitchcock, A. S. and A. Chase. 1950. Manual of the Grasses of the
United States, U. S. Dep. Agr. Misc. Publ. 200, 2nd Ed.
I collected Andropogowi pertusus (L.) Willd. (Bothrioch-
lou pertum A. Camus) along the Keys Highway near Mara-
thon, Florida in 1961. It was reported by Hitchcock and
Chase (1950) as “A troublesome weed in lawns and pas-
tures, State College Miss.; West Indies; introduced from
the Old World.” J. R. Swallen,2 U. S. National Herbarium,
identified my specimen and noted that it probably was ä
new record from Florida. However, a check with Erdman
West,2 University of Florida, revealed that the species had
been collected “on a golf course in Miami on March 20, 1958,
FLAS 66953.” According to Robert Godfrey,2 Florida State
University, no specimens were in his herbarium (July,
1963). According to Thomas Söderström,2 there are sev-
eral collections of the species from cultivation in the U. S.
National Herbarium. It has been grown in experimental
nurseries in Texas and Oklahoma. J. R. Harlan2 and his
associates, of Oklahoma State University, have been con-
<n£>IMAGED
BOTANICAL
NORTHEAST LA. UNIV. HERBARIUM (NLU)
Paspalum minus Fourn.
Det: C. Allen	1994
mobile county
Herbarium of Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches, Texas
FLORA OF ALABAMA
Paspalum minus Fourn.
In sandy area among longleaf pines,
approximately 7.2 miles south of Mobile
just west of Alabama Highway 163.
Small dump forming a sod. Apparently
rare.	r
D. J; Banks I6£t7 II4. Aug 1962
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