Gomes, Maria Judith Ismael Richi [UNESP]Monteiro, Reinaldo [UNESP]2022-04-282022-04-281996-12-01Arquivos de Biologia e Technologia, v. 39, n. 4, p. 1013-1019, 1996.0365-0979http://hdl.handle.net/11449/224708The Brazilian species of Paspalum L. (Poaceae) groups Virgata and Quadrifaria are revised based on herbarium material and live specimens of recent collections. The Virgata taxa are P. wettsteinii, P. rufum, P. regnellii, P. conspersum, P. virgatum and P. commune, while Quadrifaria encompasses P. intermedium, P. densum, P. millegrana, P. durifolium, P. brunneum, P. usteri, P. plenum, P. quadrifarium, P. coryphaeum, P. exaltatum and P. haummanii. Both groups are commonly found throughout the country, but rare in the wet areas of the Amazonian forest, and better characterized as megatherm plants.1013-1019porGrassGrass distributionGrass ecologyPaspalumArtigo2-s2.0-3242729180