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Paspalum distichum L.

Protologue Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 855. 1759 [7 Jun 1759]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 064.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 064.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 067.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 072.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 072.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 071.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 071.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 065.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 069.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 069.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 066.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 066.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 070.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 070.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 068.jpg

Paspalum distichum, not coll.--OR. Malheur Co. Owyhee Riv. near Three Forks. 16 Jul 08. 068.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 70 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 97 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

July 16, 2008

Location

United States, Oregon, Malheur (Harper)

43.776083, -117.754528

Location Remarks

Hwy 20, ca. 37 km east of Frances St. in Juntura, in Simmons Gulch. Elev. 852 m.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Paspalum

Specific Epithet

distichum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#252,868 of 335,497

Top 76%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →