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|accepted_name=Paspalidium geminatum
|accepted_authority=(Forssk.) Stapf
|publications=
|common_names=Egyptian paspalidium;Water paspalidium
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum
|authority=
|rank=variety
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|name=Panicum geminatum
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Paspalidium;Paspalidium geminatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Paspalidium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Paspalidium geminatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 560
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 25-100 cm, erect. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; sheaths glabrous, margins scarious, sparsely ciliate distally; ligules 0.5-1 mm, of hairs; blades flat to conduplicate, glabrous or scabrous. <b>Panicles</b> 10-30 cm; branches 5-15, 1-3.7 cm, erect, with more than 12 spikelets; terminal bristles 2.5-4 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.2-3.2 mm, clearly overlapping. <b>Lower</b> glumes 0.8-1.2 mm, 1-3-veined, truncate; upper glumes and lower lemmas 2-2.4 mm, glabrous, 5-7-veined, acuminate; lower paleas 2-2.4 mm, scarious; upper lemmas and paleas 2-2.3 mm, rugose, stramineous to light brown, lemma margins scarious, inrolled, clasping the paleas, lemma apices acuminate; anthers 1.2-1.5 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> about 1 mm in diameter, spheroidal, slightly flattened, yellow. <b>2n</b> = 18, 54.</span><!--

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|distribution=Okla.;Tex.;La.;Mo.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Ga.;S.C.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Paspalidium geminatum</i> grows in moist to wet, fresh to brackish areas. It is native to the southeastern United States, the West Indies, and tropical regions of the Americas.</p>
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name=Paspalidium geminatum
|authority=(Forssk.) Stapf
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum;Panicum geminatum
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Karen Klitz
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Okla.;Tex.;La.;Mo.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Ga.;S.C.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Paspalidium
|species=Paspalidium geminatum
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