Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 583 1920. (Syn: Digitaria adpressa Bojer [Spelling variant]; Digitaria affinis Roem. & Schult.; Digitaria affinis Opiz ex Bercht.; Digitaria appressa (Lam.) Pers.; Echinochloa geminata (Forssk.) Roberty; Panicum affine (Roem. & Schult.) Nees [Illegitimate]; Panicum appressum Forssk.; Panicum appressum (Lam.) Döll [Illegitimate]; Panicum beckmanniiforme J.C.Mikan ex Trin.; Panicum briziforme J.Presl; Panicum brizoides Lam. [Illegitimate]; Panicum carnosum Salzm. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Panicum emergens Hochst.; Panicum fluitans Retz.; Panicum geminatum Forssk.; Panicum geminatum Hochst.; Panicum glomeratum Buckley [Illegitimate]; Panicum paspaloides Pers.; Panicum paspaloides Raddi; Panicum truncatum Trin.; Paspalidium geminatum var. geminatum ; Paspalidium paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Henrard; Paspalidium paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Pilg.; Paspalidium paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Herter; Paspalum adpressum Pers. ex B.D.Jacks.; Paspalum appressum Lam.; Setaria geminata (Forssk.) Veldkamp;                                             (=) Panicum paludivagum Hitchc. & Chase; (=) Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould; (=) Paspalidium paludivagum (Hitchc. & Chase) Parodi; (=) Setaria geminata var. paludivaga (Hitchc. & Chase) R. D. Webster) as per efi thread (The Paspalidium genus need to be separated from Setaria. The merging of these two genus is unacceptable. It is probably a mistake in the genetic study)
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Setaria geminata (Forssk.) Veldkamp, Blumea 39: 377 (1994) as per POWO;
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Africa to Arabian Peninsula Indian Subcontinent: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre; Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, St.Helena, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is. as per POWO;
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Aquatic grass for id, Wagholi, Vasai, Maharashtra, Sept-15 : Attachments (4). 7 posts by 2 authors
Please identify this aquatic grass.


I think Paspalidium sp.


Very close to Paspalum sp. ?


Paspalidium geminatum


Paspalidium geminatum


 


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Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae-02042013RMP 10 grass :  2 image. 2 posts by 2 authors.
PLz help to identify this grass species of Kachchh-Gujarat


This is Paspalidium geminatum



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Grass identity 2 :  Attachments (1).  2 posts by 1 author.
Need help to know the identity of this grass, Its Aquatic, from Maharashtra.

Paspalidium geminatum


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Grass from Indore, M.P : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Need id of this grass growing in water body
DOP: 13 December 19
Indore, M.P.

Paspalidium geminatum or close


Paspalidium geminatum


 


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References:

efi thread (The Paspalidium genus need to be separated from Setaria. The merging of these two genus is unacceptable. It is probably a mistake in the genetic study) POWO  The Plant List  GRIN  Flora of Pakistan  Flowers of India  RBG Kew: GrassBase – Paspalidium geminatum Description 

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