Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum hirtum Lam.

First published in Encycl. 4: 741 (1798)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Niger to Eritrea and S. Africa, S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Belize, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burundi, Cabinda, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Guyana, Kenya, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Zuloaga, F. & Aliscioni, S. (2023). Panicum (Poaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 124: 1-292.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • 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.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Crook, L. [798] Zimbabwe K003393208 Yes
Crook, L. [798] Zimbabwe K003393213 Yes
Levy, B. [1406] Zimbabwe K003393212 Yes
Steudner [1009] Eritrea K000255573 Type Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7275] Zambia K003393194 Yes
Spruce [2687] Brazil K001102302 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [4561] Kenya K003391355 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2751] Botswana K003393224 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [7034] Zambia K003393206 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2077] Botswana K003393226 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [7985] Tanzania K003391373 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1361] Zambia K003393204 Yes
Bally [s.n.] Kenya K003391358 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1673] Botswana K003393227 Yes
Jones, E.W. [9] Kenya K003391368 Yes
Saadou, M. [937] Niger K003208300 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [5404] Kenya K003391360 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [7797] Zimbabwe K003393220 Yes
Angus, A. [3240] Zambia K003393207 Yes
Macaulay (Mrs.) [[75/9]] Zambia K003393201 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [48835] Zimbabwe K003393211 Yes
Bjornstad, A. [831] Tanzania K003391370 Yes
Gonde, P. [357] Zimbabwe K003393210 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [12056] Mozambique K003393187 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [17/92] Zambia K003393205 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13212] Kenya K003391364 Yes
Robertson, S.A.; Luke, Q. [6321] Kenya K003391361 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1751KBS] Zambia K003393199 Yes
Nascimento, M.S.B.; Renvoize, S.A. [1371] Brazil K001101994 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2020] Tanzania K003391376 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14150] Tanzania K003391379 Yes
Gardner [2457] Brazil K000003571 Yes
Muller, T.; Kelly, R. [1170] Zimbabwe K003393218 Yes
Gardner [2457A] Brazil K000003572 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Kanuri [2077] Kenya K003391356 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3835] Botswana K003393225 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [11010] Zambia K003393190 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22257] Zambia K003393197 Yes
s.coll. [7034] K003393200 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [295] Kenya K003391363 Yes
Wild, H. [7656] Zimbabwe K003393216 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5879] Zimbabwe K003393222 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1334] Botswana K003393228 Yes
Schweicherdt, H.G. [2351] Mozambique K003393188 Yes
{Peyre de Fabrégues} [1217] Niger K003208301 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4671] Colombia K001469232 Yes
Langdale-Brown [1929] Uganda K003391354 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1710B] Kenya K003391381 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1752] Zambia K003393202 Yes
Simon, B.K. [699] Zimbabwe K003393215 Yes
Eiten, G. [4709] Brazil K001101993 Yes
Wild, H. [5399] Zimbabwe K003393221 Yes
Kisena [1450] Tanzania K003391377 Yes
Muller, T.; Kelly, R. [1170] Zimbabwe K003393209 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC3604] Tanzania K003391375 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [4469] Zimbabwe K003393219 Yes
Rodgers, W.A. [231] Tanzania K003391371 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mwasumbi, L.; Vollesen, K.B. [1068] Tanzania K003391380 Yes
[Musomi] [435] Tanzania K003391382 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Fichtl, R. [11384] Zambia K003393192 Yes
Chase, N.C. [4435] Mozambique K003393186 Yes
Backeus, I. [1278] Tanzania K003391374 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB278] Kenya K003391367 Yes
Verdcourt [5232] Kenya K003391359 Yes
Kisena [1450] Tanzania K003391378 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Pegler, D.N. [2328] Tanzania K003391372 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1360] Kenya K003391366 Yes
Smith, P.P.; Sichamba, M.; Timberlake, J. [2023] Zambia K003393189 No
Phiri, P.S.M. [2280] Zambia K003393195 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18616] Kenya K003391362 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [925] Zambia K003393203 Yes
Nascimento, M.S.B. [1280] Brazil K001101995 Yes
Muller, T. [1753] Zimbabwe K003393217 Yes
Napper [1965] Kenya K003391357 Yes
Wilson, J. [302] Uganda K003391353 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1602] Zambia K003393193 Yes
Angus, A. [2823] Zambia K003393191 Yes
Davidse, G.; Handlos, W.L. [7201] Zambia K003393196 Yes
Guy, P.R. [2323] Zimbabwe K003393214 Yes
Procter, J. [3204] Tanzania K003391383 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7113] Zambia K003393198 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4671], Colombia K001469232 Yes
Newman, J.L. [197] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391399 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan Panicum heterostachyum K003209728 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [682] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391385 Yes
Codd, L.E. [10029] South Africa Panicum heterostachyum K003394402 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [T212] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391398 Yes
Kaessner [710] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391390 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [226] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391396 Yes
Blair Rains, A. [7969] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391394 Yes
Styem-stedt, R. [TRU528] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391395 Yes
Glover, P.E. [83] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391388 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4008] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391387 Yes
Geilinger, W. [1723] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391384 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2182] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391389 Yes
da Silva, M. [2948] Angola Panicum heterostachyum K003393229 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2549] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391391 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3955] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391393 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5582] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K000468842 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [7034] South Africa Panicum heterostachyum K003394400 Yes
Procter, J. [2025] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391386 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11558] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391400 Yes
Mhoro, B. [UMBCP276] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391397 Yes
[H. E. Lewys Lloyd] [14] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K003391392 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5884] Tanzania Panicum heterostachyum K000468541 Yes

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