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Internal ID UUID64402ed25213d860749201
Scientific name Axonopus compressus
Authority P.Beauv.
First published in Ess. Agrostogr. : 12 (1812)

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Axonopus compressus is a species of grass that is often used as a permanent pasture, groundcover, and turf in moist, low fertility soils, particularly in shaded situations. It is too low-growing for cut-and-carry systems or fodder conservation, but is occasionally used for football fields. It has many common names in English, Fijian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Malay.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agrostis compressa Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 1: 259. 1810 (1810)
Anastrophus compressus Schlecht. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 8: 682 (1850)
Anastrophus platycaulis (Poir.) Nash Fl. S.E. U.S. : 79 (1903)
Anastrophus platycaulmis Schltdl. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 118 1893
Anastrophus platyculmis Schlecht. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 8: 683. 1850
Anastrophus platyculmus (Nees) Schltdl. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 118. 1893 (1893)
Axonopus amplifolius Chase ex C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 382 (1939)
Axonopus arsenei Swallen J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 459 (1933)
Axonopus brevipedunculatus Gledhill Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 40: 127 (1966)
Axonopus compressus subsp. brevipedunculatus Gledhill Phyton (Horn) 12: 413 (1962)
Axonopus compressus var. australis G.A.Black Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 81 (1963)
Axonopus compressus var. itirapinensis G.A.Black Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 82 (1963)
Axonopus compressus var. jesuiticus A.A.Araújo Bol. Secr. Agric. Comerc. Trab., Cuba 100: 36 (1943)
Axonopus compressus var. macropodius (Steud.) G.A.Black Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 82 (1963)
Axonopus elongatus Swallen Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 414 (1950)
Axonopus jesuiticus (A.A.Araújo) Valls Fl. Fanerog. Estado São Paulo 1: 136 (2001)
Axonopus kisantuensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 667. 1925 (1925)
Axonopus multipes Swallen J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 459 (1933)
Axonopus rosengurttii G.A.Black Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 64 (1963)
Digitaria domingensis Desv. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 49 (1833)
Digitaria platicaulis Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 166 (1831)
Digitaria uniflora Salzm. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 508 (1840)
Echinochloa compressa (P.Beauv.) Roberty Fl. Ouest-Afr. : 398 (1954)
Milium compressum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 24 (1788)
Panicum platycaulon (Poir.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 363 (1898)
Paspalum compressum (Sw.) Raspail Fl. Ludov. : 15 (1817)
Paspalum conjugatum var. subcordatum Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 262. 1857
Paspalum depressum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 20 (1853)
Paspalum filostachyum Rich. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 20 (1853)
Paspalum furcatum var. parviflorum Döll Fl. Bras. 2(2): 104 (1877)
Paspalum guadaloupense Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 18 (1853)
Paspalum kisantuense Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 246 (1918)
Paspalum laticulmum Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 245 (1824)
Paspalum macropodium Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 19 (1853)
Paspalum platycaulon Poir. Encycl. 5: 34 (1804)
Paspalum platyculmum Thouars ex Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 24 (1829)
Paspalum raunkiaeri Mez Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 60 (1917)
Paspalum tenue Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 273 (1841)
Paspalum tristachyum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 176 (1791)
Paspalum uniflorum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 273 (1841)
Axonopus compressus var. compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv. Advancing Frontiers of Plant Sciences 5 1963

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Language Common/alternative name
English broadleaf carpet grass
English wide-leaved carpetgrass
English broadleaf carpetgrass
English wide-leaved carpet grass
Spanish paspalum conjugatum var. subcordatum
Spanish paspalum furcatum var. filiforme
Spanish paspalum depressum
Spanish paspalum filostachyum
Spanish paspalum furcatum var filiforme
Spanish paspalum furcatum var fissum
Spanish paspalum furcatum var parviflorum
Spanish paspalum furcatum var. fissum
Spanish paspalum furcatum var. parviflorum
Spanish paspalum guadaloupense
Spanish paspalum kisantuense
Spanish paspalum laticulmum
Spanish paspalum longissimum var guadalupense
Spanish paspalum longissimum var. guadalupense
Spanish paspalum macropodium
Spanish paspalum platycaule
Spanish paspalum platycaulon
Spanish paspalum platycaulon var parviflorum
Spanish paspalum platycaulon var. parviflorum
Spanish paspalum raunkiaerii
Spanish paspalum tenue
Spanish paspalum tristachyon
Spanish paspalum uniflorum
Spanish paspalum compressum
Spanish paspalum furcatum
Spanish axonopus brevipedunculatus
Spanish agrostis compressa
Spanish axonopus paschalis
Spanish paspalum paschale
Spanish axonopus arsenei
Spanish anastrophus compressus
Spanish anastrophus platycaulis
Spanish anastrophus platycaulmis
Spanish axonopus amplifolius
Spanish axonopus multipes
Spanish axonopus kisantuensis
Spanish paspalum conjugatum var subcordatum
Spanish panicum platycaulon
Spanish milium compressum
Spanish helopus barbatus
Spanish echinochloa compressa
Spanish digitaria uniflora
Spanish digitaria platicaulis
Spanish digitaria domingensis
Spanish axonopus rosengurttii
German axonopus compressus (sw.) p. beauv.
Japanese ツルメヒシバ
Malayalam കാളപ്പുല്ല്
Nepali ठूलोबन्सो
Portuguese anastrophus compressus
Portuguese paspalum platicaulon
Portuguese grama tapete
Portuguese grama sempre verde
Portuguese grama são carlos
Portuguese grama raspim
Portuguese grama curitibana
Portuguese grama brasileira
Portuguese milium compressum
su jukut jampang
Chinese 大葉草
Chinese 大叶油草
Chinese 地毯草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Christmas Island
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • South Carolina
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
      • Marquesas
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
      • Niue
      • Samoa
      • Tonga
      • Vanuatu
      • Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000852795
Florida Plant Atlas 2847
Flora of Alabama 4692
USDA Plants AXCO
Tropicos 25509318
INPN 447894
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:392087-1
The Plant List kew-398398
Open Tree Of Life 337388
NCBI Taxonomy 217170
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200001885
Nature Serve 2.142237
IUCN Red List 137581251
IPNI 392087-1
iNaturalist 159110
GBIF 2705924
Freebase /m/026qdmq
EPPO AXOCO
EOL 1114785
USDA GRIN 6174
Wikipedia Axonopus_compressus

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Mercury abatement in the environment: Insights from industrial emissions and fates in the environment Kung HC, Wu CH, Huang BW, Chang-Chien GP, Mutuku JK, Lin WC Heliyon 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10987932
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28253
PMID:38571637
Ex vivo observation of Pythium insidiosum-antigen treated neutrophils on three Pythium insidiosum strains isolated from vascular pythiosis patients Medhasi S, Sriwarom A, Permpalung N, Torvorapanit P, Plongla R, Chindamporn A, Worasilchai N Hum Vaccin Immunother 05-Feb-2024
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Indigenous medicinal plants used in folk medicine for malaria treatment in Kwara State, Nigeria: an ethnobotanical study Evbuomwan IO, Stephen Adeyemi O, Oluba OM BMC Complement Med Ther 16-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10504731
doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04131-4
PMID:37716985
The diversity and quality of forages and their potency as herbal anthelmintic for swamp buffalo in Brebes District, Central Java Satrija F, Nurhidayah N, Astuti DA, Retnani EB, Murtini S Vet World 19-Jul-2023
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PMID:37621552
Silicon in Plants: Alleviation of Metal(loid) Toxicity and Consequential Perspectives for Phytoremediation Puppe D, Kaczorek D, Stein M, Schaller J Plants (Basel) 21-Jun-2023
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PMID:37446968
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2022 Gibin D, Pasinato L, Delbianco A EFSA J 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10262070
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8061
PMID:37325259
Plants as the Extended Phenotype of Endophytes—The Actual Source of Bioactive Compounds Rutkowska N, Drożdżyński P, Ryngajłło M, Marchut-Mikołajczyk O Int J Mol Sci 13-Jun-2023
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PMID:37373241
Heterogeneous nutrient supply modulates root exudation and accumulation of medicinally valuable compounds in Artemisia annua and Hypericum perforatum Paponov M, Flate J, Ziegler J, Lillo C, Paponov IA Front Plant Sci 02-Jun-2023
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Advanced bioremediation by an amalgamation of nanotechnology and modern artificial intelligence for efficient restoration of crude petroleum oil-contaminated sites: a prospective study Patowary R, Devi A, Mukherjee AK Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 23-May-2023
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Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India? Kumar BM Agrofor Syst 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10081327
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PMCID:PMC10096714
doi:10.3390/nano13071145
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Molecular identification of endophytic fungi in lawn grass (Axonopus compressus) and their pathogenic ability Azuddin NF, Mohamad Noor Azmy MS, Zakaria L Sci Rep 14-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10015033
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PMID:36918601
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PMID:36792979
Neutrophil extracellular traps and phagocytosis in Pythium insidiosum Sriwarom A, Chiewchengchol D, Saithong S, Worasilchai N, Chindamporn A PLoS One 24-Jan-2023
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PMID:36693041
Sustainability of livestock farms: The case of the district of Moyobamba, Peru Torres Jara de García GP, Durand-Chávez LM, Quispe-Ccasa HA, Linares-Rivera JL, Segura Portocarrero GT, Calderón Tito R, Vásquez Pérez HV, Maicelo Quintana JL, Ampuero-Trigoso G, Robles Rodríguez RR, Saucedo-Uriarte JA Heliyon 21-Jan-2023
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