Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum issongense Pilg.

First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 706 (1942)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to E. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 59 (1965).
  • Pilg. in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 15: 706 (1942).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Eggeling, W.J.; Eggeling, J.E. [E4421] Uganda K003391032 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [Ly6611] Uganda K003391034 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2130] Tanzania K000282429 Type Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2130] Tanzania K000282430 Type Yes
Johnston, H.B. [2272] Uganda K003391039 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [Lye1961] Uganda K003391033 Yes
Eggeling, W.J.; Eggeling, J.E. [E5225] Uganda K003391035 Yes
Sheil, D. [1802] Uganda K003391037 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [729] Sudan K003209645 Yes
Clair-Thompson, G.W.S. [1006] Tanzania K003391042 Yes
Chandler, P. [2766] Uganda K003391036 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24529] Tanzania K003391043 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [s.n.] Uganda K003391040 Yes
Harrington, G.N. (Dr.) [180] Uganda K003391038 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mbago, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2919] Tanzania K003391041 Yes
Eggeling, W.J.; [J. E. Eggeling] [E5240] Uganda K003391031 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

  • 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