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Paspalum vaginatum Sw.
POACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 12 Aug 2011
Source of Report for California Correspondence 1
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 19 Dec 2008 e-mail from Margriet Wetherwax, including forwarded e-mail from Travis Columbus, Co-Family Editor of Poaceae for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 includes a reference to Riefner & Columbus (J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1):743-759. 2008), wherein it is shown that Paspalum vaginatum Sw. is not only naturalized in southern CA, but spreading rapidly and posing a serious threat to estuarine wetlands there. Correspondence 1 also asks James P. Smith, Co-Family Editor of Poaceae for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2], to discuss addition of this taxon to the The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] treatment being prepared by Charles Allen.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary addition, for taxon reported as naturalized in California since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Current Status JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 12 Aug 2011
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Paspalum
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Paspalum

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