Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum afzelii Sw.

First published in Adnot. Bot.: 5 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Chad. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the 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].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 23
  • Adnot Bot. 5 (1829)
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 414.
  • F.T.A. 9: 695

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [403] Guinea K000010741 No
Jan 1, 1963 Kmoch [175] Burkina Faso K000212044 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [FCD914] K003335938 Yes
Berhaut, R.P. [6707] K003335916 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4115] Sierra Leone K000365005 Type Yes
Waterlot [1468] K003335918 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2904] K003335935 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1717] K003335933 Yes
Alves Pereira, J.; Correia, M. [2129] K003335920 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2143] K003335939 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [5015] K003335944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003335923 Yes
Sihronen, J. [242] Burkina Faso K000212042 Yes
Bidault, E.; Senterre, B.; Haba, P.K.; Goman, A. [2392] K003335922 Yes
Adjanohoun [270A] K003335942 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [6467] K003335936 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [18650] K003335931 Yes
Adam, J.G. [12603] K003335926 Yes
Raynal, J. [20986] Mali K000212032 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335943 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1717] K003335930 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [170] K003335937 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1717] K003335932 Yes
Fotius [K489] K003335917 Yes
Scholz [77] Burkina Faso K000212043 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335945 Yes
Hall; Enti [GC35831] K003335946 Yes
Chillou, J. [2301] K003335925 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [34594] K003335929 Yes
Assi, A. [9247] K003335941 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL32] K003335940 Yes
Adam, J.G. [12589] K003335928 Yes
Adam, J.G. [12614] K003335927 Yes
Alves Pereira, J.; Correia, M. [2096] K003335921 Yes
Chillou, J. [848] K003335924 Yes
Raimundo, F.; Guerra, J.A. [207] K003335919 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). 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 Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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