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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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