Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum porphyrrhizos Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 72 (1853)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Botswana. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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. (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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. 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. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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

  • F.T.A. 9: 712.
  • Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 72 (1854)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

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).
  • Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 33 (1947).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 504 (1956).
  • K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 46 (1960).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 712 (1920).
  • Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 72 (1854).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [5736] K003336136 Yes
Gyadu, S.A. [s.n.] K003336142 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [32587] K003336141 Yes
K. [Keogh] [25] Zambia K003392585 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6754] Tanzania K003390751 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3686] Uganda K003390727 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1172] Malawi K003392582 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [5719] K003336137 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [501] Zambia K003392573 Yes
Wingfield, R. [3896] Tanzania K003390740 Yes
Mavi, S. [1010] Zimbabwe K003392587 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1113] Zambia K003392572 Yes
Ankrah, J.O. [154] K003336140 Yes
Namaganda, M. [1006] Uganda K003390725 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [24080] Tanzania K003390737 No
{Greenway} [4002] Tanzania K003390743 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3040] K003336148 Yes
Trapnell, G. [1388] Zambia K003392567 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2424] Tanzania K003390741 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2425] Tanzania K003390742 Yes
Glover; Samuel; Wateridge [2971] Kenya K003390735 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2455] Botswana K003392580 Yes
Kahurananga, J.; Kibui, K. [2806] Kenya K003390731 Yes
Kalema, J. [JK 3273] Uganda K003390724 Yes
Staples, R.R. [398] Tanzania K003390745 Yes
West, O. [107817] Zimbabwe K003392584 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [3434] Uganda K003390728 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [295] Kenya K003390733 Yes
[A. E. Haarer] [1307] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003390747 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2640] Zambia K003392574 No
J. M. [Bowbrich] [L4] Mozambique K003392583 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1604] Kenya K003390736 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [5027] K003336143 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3255] K003336146 Yes
[Uesey Fitchwald] [4947] Tanzania K003390738 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3434] Uganda K003390729 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5421] Zambia K003392577 Yes
Thompson, W.B. [2995] Kenya K003390732 Yes
Hinds, J.H. [188] Zambia K003392568 Yes
Z. [Mahlangu] [435] Zimbabwe K003392586 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3101] K003336149 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3966] Zambia K003392569 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [5736] K003336135 Yes
[Van Lavieren]; Sayer; Rees [355] Zambia K003392566 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3060] Uganda K003390730 Yes
Welch, J.R. [531] Tanzania K003390739 Yes
Peyre de Fabrégues, B. [2156] K003336138 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4947] Tanzania K003390752 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3988] Zambia K003392575 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [834] Zambia K003392570 Yes
Siame, W. [563] Tanzania K003390750 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1388] Zambia K003392576 Yes
Osterkamp, M. [16a] Zambia K003392578 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3056] K003336139 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1488] Tanzania K003390746 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [5491] K003336145 Yes
Angus, A. [1588] Zambia K003392571 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6754] Tanzania K003390744 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [GC32539] K003336144 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1111] Kenya K003390734 Yes
{Greenway} [6754] Tanzania K003390749 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3070] K003336147 Yes
Haarer, A. [1307] Tanzania K003390748 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [976] Uganda K003390726 Yes

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