Panicum calvum Stapf

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 723 (1920)
This name is a synonym of Trichanthecium calvum

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • 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. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • 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. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. [Cited as Panicum calvum.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 284.
  • in F.T.A. 9: 723 (1920)

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).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 30 (1947).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 45 (1960).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 209 (1934).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 106 (1955).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 723 (1920).

Other Data

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Sources

  • 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/
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