- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Panicum L.
Panicum pansum Rendle
- Genus: Panicum L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical Africa.
[FTEA]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton, S. M. Phillips & S. A. Renvoize. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1974
- Habit
- Annual; culms 20–100 cm. high.
- Leaves
- Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate to linear, 8–30 cm. long, 5–7 mm. wide, straight at the base, pilose or hispid, acuminate.
- Inflorescences
- Panicle oblong or ovate, 15–40 cm. long, much branched, the branches long, fine and spreading at maturity, the spikelets borne in pairs at their tips.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets ovate, 2.5–3 mm. long, glabrous, acuminate; lower glume broadly ovate, 1/2–2/3 the length of the spikelet, 3–5-nerved, acute to acuminate, separated by a very short internode from the rest of the spikelet; upper glume broadly ovate, 5–7-nerved, acute; lower lemma broadly ovate, 7–9-nerved, sterile, its palea 1/2 as long; upper lemma pale and glossy.
- Habitat
- Wooded grassland; 275–930 m.
- Distribution
- West Africa, Sudan to Angola and Malawi T4 T6
[FZ]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton. Flora Zambesiaca 10:3. 1989
- Habit
- Annual with slender erect culms 20–100 cm. high.
- Leaf lamina
- Leaf laminae 8–30 cm. long, linear, pilose or hispid, tapering to the apex.
- Inflorescences
- Panicle 15–40 cm. long, oblong or ovate, much branched, the branches long, fine, flexuous and spreading at maturity, the spikelets borne in pairs at their apex.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets 2.5–3 mm. long, ovate, glabrous, acuminate; inferior glume broadly ovate, 1/2–2/3 as long as the spikelet, 3–5-nerved, acute to acuminate; superior glume broadly ovate, 5–7-nerved, acute; inferior lemma 7–9-nerved, sterile, its palea poorly developed; superior lemma and palea pale and glossy.
[FWTA]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:2. 1972
- Height
- 60–90 cm. high
- Ecology
- A weed of waste places.
[GB]
- Habit
- Annual. Culms 20-100 cm long. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; parallel-sided; 8-30 cm long; 5-7 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface hispid, or pilose. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; oblong, or ovate; 15-40 cm long. Primary panicle branches spreading. Panicle branches capillary. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets pedicelled; 2 in the cluster.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 2.5-3 mm long; falling entire. Rhachilla internodes elongated between glumes.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 2.5-3 mm long; falling entire. Rhachilla internodes elongated between glumes.
- Glume
- Glumes similar; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 0.5-0.66 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 3-5 -veined. Lower glume apex acute, or acuminate. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 5-7 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets barren; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 7-9 -veined; acute. Palea of lower sterile floret 0.5 length of lemma. Fertile lemma oblong; dorsally compressed; 2-2.5 mm long; indurate; pallid; shiny; without keel. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea involute; indurate.
- Distribution
- Africa: west tropical, west-central tropical, northeast tropical, east tropical, southern tropical, and south.
- Reference
- Paniceae. FTEA.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre
Panicum pansum Rendle appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 4, 1969 | Scholz [77], Burkina Faso | K000392179 | ||
Aug 1, 1963 | s.coll. [6365], Burkina Faso | K000392180 | ||
Oct 11, 1962 | Kmoch [143], Burkina Faso | K000392181 | ||
Welwitsch [7261], Angola | K000282450 | isosyntype | ||
Welwitsch [2832], Angola | K000282451 | isosyntype | ||
Scholz [90], Burkina Faso | K000392178 |
First published in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 177 (1899)
Accepted by
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
- Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
- Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
- Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
- Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Lebrun in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 116: 263
- Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 412, 415
- Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 286.
- F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 554
- in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 23
- Chev. Bot. 727
- F.T.A. 9: 699
- F.T.A. 9: 700
- P. kerstingii Mez in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 34: 145 (1904)
- Cat. Welw. 2: 117 (1899)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
- Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
- Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 434 (1972).
- D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 62 (1965).
- Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 200 (1934).
- Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 700 (1920).
- Rendle, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 177 (1899).
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