Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum griffonii Franch.

First published in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 342 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Tanzania and Angola. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 22
  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 285.
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 413
  • F.T.A. 9: 691
  • in null. Soc. Hist. Sat. Autun 8: 342 (1895)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 433 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 61 (1965).
  • Franch. in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 342 (1895).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 46 (1960).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 199 (1934).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 691 (1920).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1977 Lowe J. [2944] Cameroon K000182344 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [3662] K003335828 Yes
Welwitsch [7421] Angola K000282446 Isosyntype Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th4040] Uganda K003390453 Yes
van Rensburg, H.J. [465] Tanzania K003390454 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [9149] K003335833 Yes
s.coll. [186] K003335858 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL3147] K003335830 Yes
Adames, P. [608] K003335834 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC1404] K003335851 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13499] K003335844 Yes
s.coll. [13] K003335854 Yes
Adjanohoun [314A] K003335836 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13535] K003335842 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [94] K003335863 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [416] Cote d'Ivoire K001562244 Yes
Scholz, U.; Koumassi, P.; Kuhn, H.; Peuker, H. [495] K003335848 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI22597] K003335855 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3039] K003335862 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL2996] K003335829 Yes
van Rensburg, H.J. [465] Tanzania K003390456 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O. [808] K003335853 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2702] K003335824 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4149] K003335825 Yes
Jordan [575] K003335860 Yes
Adam, J.G. [16458] K003335832 Yes
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] K003335846 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL3008] K003335831 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3458] K003335859 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9760] K003335822 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4451] K003335845 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [9876] K003335835 Yes
Hall, J.B. [K28] K003335850 Yes
[Dawodw] [186] K003335857 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A3493] K003335840 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335841 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335839 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10027] K003335864 Yes
s.coll. [242A] K003335838 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9449] Liberia K000365010 Syntype Yes
Savory, H.J.; Keay, R.W.J. [FHI25447] K003335856 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2589] K003335827 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [8236] K003335837 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL3007] K003335823 Yes
[R. Biscoas] [85] K003335852 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003335849 Yes
van Rensburg, H.J. [465] Tanzania K003390455 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13535] K003335843 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1167] K003335861 Yes
Berhaut, R.P. [6404] K003335821 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [3662] K003335826 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335847 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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