Paspalum

thumb|right|Water finger-grass, Paspalum vaginatum thumb|Mr. Shahid Nawaz Landge collecting Paspalum longifolium var. lorirhachis Bor from its natural habitats, Madhya Pradesh, India. Paspalum is a genus of plants in the grass family.

The group is widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Commonly known as paspalum, bahiagrasses, crowngrasses or dallis grasses, many of the species are tall perennial New World grasses. They are warm-season C4 grasses and are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions.