Paspalum conjugatum

TaxID: 158143

Basic Information

Paspalum conjugatum

Crab Grass, Hilograss

Paspalum conjugatum, commonly known as carabao grass or hilo grass, is a tropical to subtropical perennial grass. It is originally from the American tropics, but has been naturalized widely in tropical Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands. It has also spread to Northern Africa and Northern Eastern Australia, and New Zealand. It is also known as sour paspalum, T-grass (after the shape of their panicle), or more confusingly, as "buffalo grass" or "sour grass".

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Paspalum

conjugatum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Paspalum conjugatum
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(c) Steve Maldonado Silvestrini@BY-NC
Paspalum conjugatum
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(c) Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung@BY-NC-SA
Paspalum conjugatum
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(c) François Rousseu@BY-NC
Paspalum conjugatum
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(c) Joe Dillon@BY
Paspalum conjugatum
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(c) Kevin Faccenda@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Jordan A1 list 2013
French Polynesia Present —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (92 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

92
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Bermuda Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (14 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MHPAD2582-10 - rbcLa 551 Costa Rica 2010-03-25 10.897, -85.468
MHPAD2582-10 - matK 761 Costa Rica 2010-03-25 10.897, -85.468
MHPAD2581-10 - rbcLa 551 Costa Rica 2010-03-25 10.897, -85.468
MHPAD2581-10 - matK 761 Costa Rica 2010-03-25 10.897, -85.468
MHPAD2543-10 - rbcLa 521 Costa Rica 2010-03-18 10.923, -85.465
MHPAD2543-10 - matK 680 Costa Rica 2010-03-18 10.923, -85.465
MHPAD2542-10 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2010-03-18 10.923, -85.465
MHPAD2542-10 - matK 687 Costa Rica 2010-03-18 10.923, -85.465
GBVR4951-13 - matK 1533 - - -
GBVD4373-11 - rbcL 1338 - - -
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Literature