Plant Details

Accepted name:: Axonopus scoparius (Flüggé) Kuhlm. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Axonopus micay García-Barr. Caldasia 8: 432 (1960).
Anastrophus deludens (Chase) Nash in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 17: 163 (1912).
Anthenantia columbiensis (Kuntze) K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 329 (1900).
Anthenantia gigantea K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 329 (1900).
Axonopus deludens Chase Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 24: 134 (1911).
Axonopus iridifolius (Poepp.) G.A.Black Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 125 (1963).
Axonopus mathewsii (Mez) Hitchc. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 432 (1927).
Axonopus mexicanus G.A.Black Advancing Frontiers Pl. Sci. 5: 144 (1963).
Axonopus scoparius var. glabriusculus Kuhlm. Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(11): 46 (1922).
Axonopus scoparius f. mattogrossensis Kuhlm. Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(11): 46 (1922).
Panicum columbiense Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 360 (1898).
Panicum giganteum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 360 (1898), nom. illeg.
Paspalum columbiense Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 360 (1898).
Paspalum fournierianum Ricker ex Thell. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5: 344 (1913), nom. nud.
Paspalum fournierianum var. maximum Thell. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5: 344 (1913), species not validly publ.
Paspalum giganteum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 360 (1898), nom. illeg.
Paspalum hackelianum Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 3(25): 477 (1889), nom. nud.
Paspalum iridifolium Poepp. Reise Chile 2: 324 (1836).
Paspalum mathewsii Mez Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 62 (1917).
Paspalum oriziforme Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 27 (1853), pro syn.
Paspalum oryziforme Steud. ex Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 106 (1877).
Paspalum scoparium Flüggé Gram. Monogr., Paspalum: 124 (1810).
Paspalum tripinnatum Mez Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 64 (1917).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Axonopus micay Garcia-Bamga	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Axonopus scoparius (Flüggé) Kuhlm.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Axonopus scoparius Hitche	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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