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

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

• (≡) Dallwatsonia polygonata (Schrad.) J. R. Grande
• (=) Panicum boliviense Hack.
• Basionym: Panicum polygonatum Schrad.

Common names:

• capim-do-brejo  (Source: Darwiniana) - Portuguese

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela [Apure, Bolivar, Merida, Zulia, Amazonas, Aragua, Falcon, Monagas, Portuguesa, Federal District, Tachira]
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rondônia]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz] Colombia, [Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Risaralda, Santander, Valle del Cauca, Vichada] Ecuador, [Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Imbabura, Los Ríos, Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua] Peru [Amazonas, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín]
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Misiones] Paraguay [Caaguazú, Cordillera, Guairá, San Pedro]

Reference:

1. Acosta, J. M. et al. 2014. A phylogenetic study of subtribe Otachyriinae (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paspaleae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 300:2155-2166

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=477792. Accessed 1 July 2024.