Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum pusillum Hook.f.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 227 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 275.
  • in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7: 227 (1864)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 38 (1958).
  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 433 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 60 (1965).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 505 (1956).
  • Hook. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 7: 227 (1864).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 44 (1960).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 216 (1934).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 109 (1955).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 725 (1920).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [150] Cameroon K000107908 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M.; Kemei; Toh; Gosline; Pollard [9755] Cameroon K001422536 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M.; Kemei; Toh; Gosline; Pollard [9744] Cameroon K001422537 Yes
Jun 1, 1998 Cheek, M.; Satabie; Onana; Litt; Dilen; Peter; Tadt [8485] Cameroon K001422533 Yes
Jun 1, 1998 Kamundi, D.; Manyuchi; Gashu; Moyo; Buzgo; Clement, G. [693] Cameroon K001422531 Yes
Jun 1, 1998 Zapfack, L.; Sogwa, D. [1217] Cameroon K001422534 Yes
May 1, 1998 Etuge, M.; Pollard, A. [3478] Cameroon K001422532 Yes
May 1, 1998 Kamundi, D.; Manyuchi; Ngoakon; Gashu; Eyassu; Aye [654] Cameroon K001422530 Yes
May 1, 1998 Cheek, M.; Satabie [8758] Cameroon K001422538 Yes
Tadjouteu, F.; Achoundong; Cheek; Gosline; Onana; Ghogue; Kalindula; Kambale; Amponsah; Kimaro; Etuge; Talla; Ndi [223] Cameroon K001418559 Yes
Mann G. [2090] Cameroon K000182419 Type Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2790] Zambia K001609180 Yes
Hedberg, O. [93104] Cameroon K000087441 Yes
Cheek, M. [8756] Cameroon K001422539 Yes
Migeod F. [161A] Cameroon K000182420 Type Yes
Schimper [1095] Ethiopia K000255571 Type No
Hepper, F.N. [2142] Cameroon K000182417 Yes

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0