Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum hippothrix K.Schum. ex Engl.

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 22 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to Tanzania, India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Greenway [1846] Tanzania K003390526 Yes
Woodrow, G.M. [s.n.] India K000245220 Unknown Type Material Yes
Woodrow, G.M. [s.n.] India K000245219 Unknown Type Material Yes
Woodrow, G.M. [s.n.] India K000245609 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3823] Kenya K003390512 Yes
Geilinger, W. [481] Tanzania K003390528 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003367885 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K. [23810] Tanzania K003390521 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3687] Tanzania K003390524 Yes
Festo, L.; Luke, Q.; Luke, P. [2719] Kenya K003390511 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3307] Kenya K003390518 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7324] Tanzania K003390525 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [3943] Kenya K003390514 Yes
Moomaw, J.C. [994] Kenya K003390519 Yes
Allan, J.A. [169] Kenya K003390515 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [399] Kenya K003390516 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B. [LBM11354] Tanzania K003390523 Yes
Wingfield, R. [4252] Tanzania K003390527 Yes
Linton, A. [206] Kenya K003390520 Yes
Wingfield, R. [4252] Tanzania K003390522 Yes
Allan, J.A. [138] Kenya K003390517 Yes
[J M W] [s.n.] India K003367884 Yes
Woodrow, G.M. [89] India K003367887 Yes
[G. M. H.] [s.n.] India K003367886 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3307] Kenya K003390513 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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