Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Panicum amplexicaule Rudge

Common names:

• olive hymenachne  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• West Indian marsh grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• camalote  (Source: Cavanillesia Alt) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Lucia, United States [Puerto Rico]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay, Uruguay


Cultivated

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory]

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Louisiana]

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=316039. Accessed 1 July 2024.