Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum pansum Rendle

First published in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 177 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • 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.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 286.
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 412, 415
  • Cat. Welw. 2: 117 (1899)
  • Chev. Bot. 727
  • F.T.A. 9: 699
  • F.T.A. 9: 700
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 554
  • Lebrun in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 116: 263
  • P. kerstingii Mez in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 34: 145 (1904)
  • in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 23

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Robyns, W. (1934). Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 2: 9-386. Goemaere, Bruxelles.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 434 (1972).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 62 (1965).
  • Rendle, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 177 (1899).
  • Robyns, Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 200 (1934).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 700 (1920).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 4, 1969 Scholz [77] Burkina Faso K000392179 Yes
Aug 1, 1963 s.coll. [6365] Burkina Faso K000392180 Yes
Oct 11, 1962 Kmoch [143] Burkina Faso K000392181 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [623] K003336007 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335975 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [660] K003336006 Yes
Jackson, G. [1281168] K003336003 Yes
Gbile; Wit; Daramola [FHI64033] K003335992 Yes
Gbile; Daramola [FHI73619] K003335998 Yes
Naegelé, A. [RPB/83-3] K003335985 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13567] K003335971 Yes
[J. C. Biue] [T[G]69] K003335986 Yes
s.coll. [155] K003336008 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Vollesen, K.B. [3076] Tanzania K003390532 Yes
Pawek, J. [6907] Malawi K003392373 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335982 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [s.n.] K003335976 Yes
Welwitsch [2832] Angola K000282451 Isosyntype Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335981 Yes
Adam, J.G. [18572] K003335961 Yes
Tuley, P. [1141] K003335996 Yes
Daggash, M. [FHI24896] K003336000 Yes
Boudet, G. [4605] K003335963 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1863] Tanzania K003390533 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC3622] Tanzania K003390534 Yes
Adam, J.G. [18409] K003335960 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335972 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2138] Benin K001418958 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Adokpo, C. [2828] Benin K001297805 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335974 Yes
s.coll. [349] K003335989 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [1866] K003335990 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI43763] K003335988 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A307] Zambia K003392371 Yes
Harris, T.M. [GC] K003335979 Yes
Assi, A. [6544] K003335967 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335980 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4573] K003335973 Yes
Scholz [90] Burkina Faso K000392178 Yes
Adjanohoun [250A] K003335968 Yes
Azuma, S. [511] Tanzania K003390531 Yes
Welwitsch [7261] Angola K000282450 Isosyntype Yes
Magaji, S.O. [MG792] K003335997 Yes
Welwitsch [2815] Angola K003392376 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13526] K003335977 Yes
Pobeguin, M. [1823] K003335965 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32602] K003335984 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [FHI7281] K003336001 No
Adam, J.G. [18470] K003335964 Yes
Adams, C.D. [5200] K003335978 Yes
Dawodu [155] K003336004 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335983 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [53] K003335966 Yes
Onochie, C. [FHI7942] K003336009 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [A307] Zambia K003392372 Yes
Tuley, P.; Oche, M. [1696] K003335991 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13567] K003335970 Yes
Tuley, P.; Magaji, S.O. [1820] K003335993 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335969 Yes
Gossweilerii [8899] Angola K003392374 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Goudiaby, A.; Madsen, J.E.; Sambou, B. [17153] K003335962 Yes
Magadi, S.O. [187] K003335994 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [696] K003336002 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] K003335987 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [956] K003336005 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1230] K003335995 Yes
{Gossweiler} [5921] Angola K003392375 Yes
Lely, H.V. [770] K003335999 Yes

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