Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum chionachne Mez

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 185 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Tropical Africa. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 60 (1965).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 30 (1947).
  • Jackson & Wiehe, Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 50 (1958).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 45 (1960).
  • Mez in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 185 (1921).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wingfield [288] Tanzania K003391134 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [147] Sudan K003209664 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1442] Uganda K003391119 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [4377A] Uganda K003391124 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [4025] Tanzania K003391130 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1811] Zambia K003393039 No
Pawek, J. [8771] Malawi K003393011 No
Pawek, J. [6784] Malawi K003393014 No
Weiche, P.O. [101] Malawi K003393026 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6667] Tanzania K003391137 Yes
[Fishlock Stawcoch] [177] Uganda K003391111 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2469] Tanzania K003391135 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1510] Zambia K003393033 No
Snowden, J.D. [1354] Uganda K003391121 Yes
Angus, A. [2580] Zambia K003393029 No
Dummer, R. [2411] Uganda K003391114 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/363] Malawi K003393020 No
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1811] Zambia K003393036 No
Backeus, I. [1871] Tanzania K003391133 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5581] Tanzania K000468843 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2044] Uganda K003391125 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8727] Zambia K001571910 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8532] Zambia K001571913 Yes
Pawek, J. [6833] Malawi K003393016 No
Purseglove, J.W. [P2771] Uganda K003391126 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/116] Malawi K003393018 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th2482] Uganda K003391113 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1811] Zambia K003393035 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/363] Malawi K003393019 No
Lawrence, E. [314] Malawi K003393028 No
Rwaburindore, P.K. [2610] Uganda K003391107 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [N/292] Malawi K003393024 No
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3134] Zambia K003393038 No
s.coll. [291] Malawi K003393022 No
s.coll. [300] Malawi K003393021 No
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1811] Zambia K003393031 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th2482] Uganda K003391112 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1579] Zambia K003393030 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/58] Malawi K003393025 No
Pawek, J. [9614] Malawi K003393012 No
Wesche, K. [1860] Kenya K003391127 Yes
s.coll. [291] Malawi K003393023 No
Lawrence, E. [314] Malawi K003393027 No
Grassl, C.O. [46-90] Zambia K003393034 No
McCallum Webster, M. [A287] Zambia K003393040 No
Angus, A. [1944] Zambia K003393037 No
Bogdan, A. [AB3807] Kenya K003391128 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [473] Uganda K003391117 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th806] Uganda K003391115 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4009] Uganda K003391122 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [236] Zambia K003393032 No
Emson, N.E. [88] Tanzania K003391136 Yes
Namaganda, M. [1052] Uganda K003391110 Yes
Chandler, P. [1526] Uganda K003391123 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [974(a)] Malawi K003393017 No
Harley, R.M.; Newbould, J. [4624] Tanzania K003391131 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3268] Uganda K003391116 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [307] Sudan K003209665 Yes
Stolz, A. [1270] Tanzania K000282487 Isotype Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [4025] Tanzania K003391132 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4123] Uganda K003391118 Yes
Pawek, J. [8556] Malawi K003393013 No
Wiehe, P.O. [N/204] Malawi K003393015 No
Rwaburindore, P.K. [3031] Uganda K003391109 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4579] Uganda K003391108 Yes
Frame, G.W. [181] Tanzania K003391129 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1624] Sudan K003209666 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3526] Zambia K003393041 No
Snowden, J.D. [1354] Uganda K003391120 Yes

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