Paspalum eglume

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Family:	POACEAE
Species:	Paspalum eglume Morrone & Zuloaga
Common Name:	Reimar Grass
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	It has been recently discovered the taxon known as Reimarochloa oligostachya (Munro ex Bentham) Hitchcock was nested phylogenetically inside the genus Paspalum where it was subsequently transferred but assigned a nom. nov. Paspalum eglume Morrone & Zuloaga as the previous epithet (oligostachya) was unavailable. (Scatalini et al 2014). This species was originally reported for Alabama [as Reimarochloa oligostachya] by Kral (1973) based on his Mobile County collection (Kral #37405) which is presumably located at VDB(=BRIT). Unfortuantely, the taxon was omitted from the "The Checklist" (Kral et al 2011).--BRK
Status:	Native
References:	*Kral, R. 1973. Some notes on the flora of the southern states, particularly Alabama and middle Tennessee. Rhodora 75: 366-410. *Scataglini, M.A., F.O. Zuloaga, L.M. Giussani, S.S. Denham, & O. Morrone. 2014. Phylogeny of New World Paspalum (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paspaleae) based on plastid and nuclear markers. Plant Systematics and Evolution 300:1051-1070.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	POACEAE - Grass family
Genus	Paspalum
Species	Paspalum eglume Morrone & Zuloaga - Reimar Grass

Citation	Paspalum eglume Morrone & Zuloaga, Pl. Syst. Evol. 300(5): 1067. 2013.
Basionym:	REPLACED: Reimaria oligostachya Munro ex Benth. 1881.
Type:	USA: FLORIDA: Duval Co.: Near Jacksonville, Jul, Curtiss 3566 (lectotype: US; isolectotype: NY). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 199. 1909.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Reimaria oligostachya	Reimaria oligostachya Munro ex Bentham, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 34. 1881.		FLORIDA: Duval Co.: Near Jacksonville, Jul, Curtiss 3566 (lectotype: US; isolectotype: NY). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 199. 1909.
Reimarochloa oligostachya	Reimarochloa oligostachya (Munro ex Bentham) Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 199. 1909.	Reimaria oligostachya Munro ex Bentham 1881.

No specimens exist for this species.

For more information, contact: Brian R. Keener, Ph.D.

Data last modified: 11/29/2025

Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2025. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.