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  1. Family: Poaceae Barnhart
    1. Genus: Panicum L.

      1. Panicum neoperrieri A.Camus

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Madagascar.

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    Habit
    Perennial. Culms erect; 300-400 cm long. Culm-internodes distally glabrous. Lateral branches ample. Leaf-sheaths striately veined; puberulous. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 9-11 cm long; 8-15 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade surface puberulous. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
    Inflorescences
    Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; effuse; 15 cm long. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform; 10-30 mm long.
    Spikelets
    Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets orbicular; dorsally compressed; 2.8-3 mm long; falling entire.
    Fertile
    Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets orbicular; dorsally compressed; 2.8-3 mm long; falling entire.
    Glume
    Glumes similar; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 2.8-3 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 9-11 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins prominent. Lower glume surface woolly; hairy at apex. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 9-11 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins prominent. Upper glume surface woolly; hairy at apex. Upper glume apex obtuse.
    Florets
    Basal sterile florets barren; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 9 -veined; woolly; hairy at apex; obtuse. Palea of lower sterile floret 2.5-2.6 mm long; pubescent. Fertile lemma ovate; dorsally compressed; 2.7 mm long; indurate; shiny; without keel. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex obtuse; pubescent. Palea involute; indurate.
    Distribution
    Africa: western Indian ocean.
    Reference
    Paniceae. Camus 1999.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Madagascar

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Panicum neoperrieri A.Camus appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Bosser, J. [17466], Madagascar K000797759 isotype
    Bosser, J. [17466], Madagascar K001097590 isotype
    Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [14538], Madagascar K000244717 Unknown type material

    Bibliography

    First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 976 (1926 publ. 1927)

    Accepted by

    • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Sources

    GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0