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Paspalum virgatum (talquezal)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Paspalum virgatum var. glabriusculum
Paspalum virgatum var. jacquinianum
Paspalum virgatum var. procerius
Paspalum virgatum var. virgatum
Paspalum virgatum var. willdenowianum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Structure [2]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Isla del Coco National Park II 382187 Costa Rica    
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Rincón de la Vieja National Park II 35068 Costa Rica  
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Geococcus coffeae (coffee root mealybug)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0