Poaceae

Panicum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 55 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cayman Is., Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chita, Christmas I., Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga F.O., Salariato D.L. & Scataglini A. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Panicum s. str. (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and insights into its biogeography and evolution. PLoS ONE 13(2, e0191529): 1-39.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 638 (1920).
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 29 (1754)
  • Sp. Plant. 55 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 29 (1754).
  • Sp. PL: 55 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 29 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 55 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 11, 2011 Silva, J.M. [1809], Brazil K001078757 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [701], Cameroon K000107875 No
Feb 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7690], Cameroon K000107953 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132768 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8684] K001131216 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8696] K001131290 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8696] K001131292 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8699], India K001131301 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8700] K001131305 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8709] K001131321 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8709] K001131322 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8709], Singapore K001131325 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8714] K001131347 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8718], Myanmar K001131369 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8720], Nepal K001131375 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8730], India K001131400 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8731] K001131403 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8733] K001131410 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8739], Myanmar K001131434 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8743], Myanmar K001131447 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8744], India K001131449 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [70697], Brazil K001078729 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [8126], Brazil K001078733 Yes
Granville, J.-J. [12211], Brazil K001078735 Yes
Ferreira, M.C. [1796], Brazil K001078739 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6060], Brazil K001078742 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [444], Brazil K001078762 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [2845], Brazil K001078748 Yes
Luetzelburg, P. Von [22163], Brazil K001078786 Yes
Eiten, G. [6717], Brazil K001078774 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8704], Nepal K001131316 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [4620], Brazil K001078737 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8730] K001131397 Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 8709], Malaysia K001131323 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [6145], Brazil K001078761 Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 8719], Malaysia K001131373 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8737], Myanmar K001131426 Yes
Cordeiro, J. [1721], Brazil K001078730 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8699], India K001131300 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8727], Myanmar K001131390 Yes
Sendulsky, T. [1741], Brazil K001078767 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8696], Myanmar K001131296 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8734] K001131418 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [49302], Brazil K001078783 Yes
Mesquita, A.L. [145], Brazil K001078772 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8741] K001131440 Yes
Gardner, G. [5906], Brazil K001078781 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8732] K001131407 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8718], Myanmar K001131370 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8733] K001131411 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8743], Myanmar K001131446 Yes
Sendulsky, T. [1741], Brazil K001078769 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8732] K001131408 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8701] K001131306 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8696] K001131289 Yes
Smith, L.B. [6031], Brazil K001078776 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8736] K001131422 Yes
Ferreira, M.C. [PCD1888], Brazil K001078744 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8743] K001131444 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8698], Myanmar K001131299 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8696], Nepal K001131291 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8723], Myanmar K001131379 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [6524], Brazil K001078765 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54147], Brazil K001078785 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8728], Nepal K001131391 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8738] K001131427 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.D. [5865], Brazil K001078777 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8743] K001131442 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [27768], Brazil K001078773 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8746], Myanmar K001131451 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8740], Myanmar K001131437 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8740], Myanmar K001131438 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8730] K001131398 Yes
Hassler, E. [8332], Paraguay K001078775 Yes
Kubitzki, K. [79-127], Brazil K001078754 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8735] K001131420 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8731] K001131404 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8730], India K001131401 Yes
Harley, R.M. [2831], Brazil K001078746 Yes
Granville, J.-J. [15083], French Guiana K001078770 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [13319], Brazil K001078782 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8730] K001131396 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8731] K001131405 Yes
Nelson, B.W. [BN1523], Brazil K001078756 Yes
Araujo, D.S.D. [5997], Brazil K001078760 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [68055], Brazil K001078723 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8703], Nepal K001131315 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8709], Myanmar K001131324 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8743] K001131445 Yes
Brooks, R.R. [TMEX443], Brazil K001078738 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. [1420], Guyana K001078753 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8735], Myanmar K001131421 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8737] K001131425 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [877], Brazil K001078743 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8737] K001131424 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132769 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8699] K001131302 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8727] K001131386 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [9225], Brazil K001078764 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8696], Myanmar K001131297 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8714] K001131352 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8742] K001131441 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8748] K001131457 Yes
Eiten, G. [10684], Brazil K001078731 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8722], India K001131377 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8732] K001131409 Yes
Calderon, C.E. [2624], Brazil K001078752 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8725], India K001131383 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8729] K001131393 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [48267], Brazil K001078751 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8693] K001131280 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [27768], Brazil K001078725 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8746], Myanmar K001131452 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8730] K001131402 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8714] K001131351 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8727], India K001131388 Yes
Akkul, M. [Cat. no. 8722], Myanmar K001131378 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8713] K001131346 Yes
Sendulsky, T. [1477], Brazil K001078768 Yes
Stannard, B.L. [812], Brazil K001078755 Yes
Sendulsky, T. [1349A], Brazil K001078766 Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 8696], Malaysia K001131294 Yes
Melo, E. [PCD1787], Brazil K001078740 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8733], Myanmar K001131414 Yes
Akkul, M. [Cat. no. 8738], Myanmar K001131430 Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 8697], Malaysia K001131298 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8727], Myanmar K001131389 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8734], India K001131417 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8726] K001131385 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8733] K001131412 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8738], Myanmar K001131431 Yes
Rosengurtt, B. [8893], Brazil K001078732 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8738], Malaysia K001131429 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [279], Brazil K001078727 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8714] K001131350 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8732] K001131406 Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 8707], Malaysia K001131319 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8738], Malaysia K001131428 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8683], Myanmar K001131214 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8736] K001131423 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [2845], Brazil K001078749 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8700], India K001131304 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8729] K001131394 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. [1884], Guyana K001078736 Yes
Prance, G.T. [1295], Brazil K001078758 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8729] K001131395 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8719] K001131371 Yes
Krapovickas, A. [36881], Brazil K001078784 Yes
Cordeiro, I. [CFCR810], Brazil K001078771 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8734] K001131415 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8727] K001131387 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8740], Myanmar K001131439 Yes
Rambo, B. [36465], Brazil K001078780 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8740] K001131435 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8696] K001131293 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8745] K001131450 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [72016], Brazil K001078759 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [74882], Brazil K001078750 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8733], India K001131413 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8699] K001131303 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [9191], Brazil K001078763 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8725], India K001131382 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8734] K001131416 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8719] K001131372 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8719] K001131374 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8739], Myanmar K001131433 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [s.n.], Brazil K001078745 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8730] K001131399 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [270], Brazil K001078726 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6060], Brazil K001078741 Yes
Folli, D.A. [2699], Brazil K001078734 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8708], Myanmar K001131320 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8740] K001131436 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8744], India K001131448 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [144], Brazil K001078728 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8706], Singapore K001131318 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Kamau, P., Mbale, M. [6624], Kenya K000696636 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8723], Myanmar K001131380 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8684], India K001131215 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8724] K001131381 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8729] K001131392 Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 8696], Malaysia K001131295 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8721], India K001131376 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8701], Myanmar K001131307 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8714], Bangladesh K001131349 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8694], Myanmar K001131281 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8725], Bangladesh K001131384 Yes
Harley, R.M. [10203], Brazil K001078779 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8743] K001131443 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3772], Brazil K001078747 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8714] K001131348 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8735], Nepal K001131419 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [30380], Brazil K001078778 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [33074], Brazil K001078724 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8738], Myanmar K001131432 Yes

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