Poaceae
Panicum

Panicum sellowii Nees

First published in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 153 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F. & Aliscioni, S. (2023). Panicum (Poaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 124: 1-292.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1974 Anderson, W.R.; Arroyo, M.T.K.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [7748] Brazil K001078630 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [12047] Brazil K001078622 Yes
Jan 1, 1962 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [2676] Brazil K001078613 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [III.1359] Brazil K001078607 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [16640] Brazil K000003653 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H., de [476] Brazil K001078624 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4508] Brazil K001078609 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [15980] Brazil K001078628 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4204] Brazil K001078629 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [4460-2] Brazil K001078619 Yes
Santos, R.R.; Ferreira, A.; Ratter, J.A. [1556] Brazil K001078604 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4538] Brazil K001078616 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [14269] Brazil K001078626 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4518] Brazil K001078610 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [15804] Brazil K000003654 Yes
Warming, E. [s.n.] Brazil K003377020 No
Souza, V.C.; Sano, P.T.; Roque, N.; Harley, R.; Sakuragui, C.M. [5376] Brazil K000003651 Yes
Zardini, E.; Tilleria, T. [30280] Paraguay K003377017 No
Pedersen, T.M. [5904] Paraguay K003377025 No
[B.T.528] Colombia K001469041 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [4146] Brazil K001078621 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3555] Colombia K001469037 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [15842] Brazil K001078627 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T.; Felippe, G.M. [2940] Brazil K001078615 Yes
Wright, C. [3455] Cuba K000309177 Type Yes
Santos, R.R.; Ferreira, A.; Ratter, J.A. [1556] Brazil K001078605 Yes
Hassler, E. [9051] Paraguay K003377021 No
Wright, C. [3855] Cuba K000309176 Type Yes
Clayton, W.D.; Eiten, G. [4675] Brazil K001078608 Yes
Balansa, B. [51] Paraguay K003377023 No
Burchell, W.J. [4653] Brazil K001078620 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [15839] Brazil K001078625 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [16766] Brazil K000003652 Yes
Balansa, B. [52] Paraguay K003377022 No
Fiebrig, K. [5373] Paraguay K003377028 No
Langsdorff, G.H., von [s.n.] Brazil K001078606 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [15202] Brazil K000003656 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [15376] Brazil K000003655 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [4318] Brazil K000003658 Yes
Hassler, E. [12462] Paraguay K003377026 No
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [2676] Brazil K001078614 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4961] Brazil K001078623 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [G89] Paraguay K003377024 No
Clayton, W.D. [4593] Brazil K001078611 Yes
Arenas, P. [1226] Paraguay K003377027 No
Burchell, W.J. [43152] Brazil K001078618 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [15068] Brazil K000003657 Yes
Zardini, E.; Velázquez, E. [21278] Paraguay K003377018 No
Burchell, W.J. [4146] Brazil K001078617 Yes
Venezuela K001469030 Yes
Venezuela K001469031 Yes
Venezuela K001469032 Yes
Venezuela K001469033 Yes
Columbia K001469034 Yes
Columbia K001469035 Yes
Columbia K001469036 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3555], Colombia K001469037 Yes
Columbia K001469038 Yes
Columbia K001469039 Yes
Columbia K001469040 Yes
Columbia K001469041 Yes
Columbia K001469042 Yes
Columbia K001469043 Yes
Columbia K001469044 Yes
Ecuador K001469045 Yes
Ecuador K001469046 Yes
Peru K001469047 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0