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|accepted_name=Paspalum notatum
|accepted_authority=Flüggé
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|common_names=Bahiagrass
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Paspalum notatum var. latiflorum
|authority=Doll
|rank=variety
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|name=Paspalum notatum var. saurae
|authority=Parodi
|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Paspalum;Paspalum notatum
|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>[[Paspalum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Paspalum notatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 575
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 20-110 cm, erect; nodes glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous or pubescent; ligules 0.2-0.5 mm; blades 5-31 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, flat or conduplicate, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Panicles</b> terminal, usually composed of a digitate pair of branches, 1-3 additional branches sometimes present below the terminal pair; branches 3-15 cm, diverging to erect; branch axes 0.7-1.8 mm wide, narrowly winged, glabrous, margins scabrous, terminating in a spikelet, distal spikelets sometimes reduced. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.5-4 mm long, 2-2.8 mm wide, solitary, appressed to the branch axes, broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate, glabrous, light stramineous to white, apices obtuse to broadly acute. <b>Lower</b> glumes absent; upper glumes glabrous, 5-veined; lower lemmas 5-veined, margins inrolled; upper florets light yellow to white. <b>Caryopses</b> 2-3 mm, white. <b>2n</b> = 20, 30, 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tenn.;N.J.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Okla.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Calif.;N.C.;Ala.;Ark.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);S.C.;Va.;Ill.;Ga.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Paspalum notatum</i> is native from Mexico through the Caribbean and Central America to Brazil and northern Argentina. It was introduced to the United States for forage, turf, and erosion control. It is now established, generally being found in disturbed areas and at the edges of forests in the southeastern United States.</p><!--
--><p><i>Paspalum notatum</i> is sometimes treated as having distinct varieties. They are not recognized here because the variation among them is continuous. A number of cultivars have been developed for use as turf grasses; among these cultivars are 'Common Bahiagrass', 'Pensacola Bahiagrass', and 'Argentine Bahiagrass'.</p>
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name=Paspalum notatum
|authority=Flüggé
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Paspalum notatum var. latiflorum;Paspalum notatum var. saurae
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Tenn.;N.J.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Okla.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Calif.;N.C.;Ala.;Ark.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);S.C.;Va.;Ill.;Ga.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Paspalum
|species=Paspalum notatum
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