Panicum
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| Panicum | |
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| Panicum virgatum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Panicum L. |
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About 450-470 species; see text |
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Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growing to 1–3 m tall.
The flowers are produced in a well-developed panicle often up to 60 cm in length with numerous seeds, which are 1–6 mm long and 1–2 mm broad. The fruits are developed from a two-flowered spikelet. Only the upper floret of each spikelet is fertile; the lower floret is sterile or staminate. Both glumes are present and well developed.
Australia has 29 native and 9 introduced species of Panicum.[1]
Well-known Panicum species include proso millet and switchgrass.
[edit] Selected species
- Panicum acostia
- Panicum adenophorum
- Panicum aequinerve
- Panicum afzelii
- Panicum amarum - Bitter panicum
- Panicum anabaptistum
- Panicum anceps - Beaked panicum
- Panicum antidotale - Blue panicum
- Panicum arbusculum
- Panicum arcurameum
- Panicum atrosanguineum
- Panicum bambusiculme
- Panicum bandunduense
- Panicum bechuanense
- Panicum boscii
- Panicum bossii
- Panicum brazzavillense
- Panicum brevifolium
- Panicum bullockii
- Panicum caillei
- Panicum callosum
- Panicum calocarpum
- Panicum calvum
- Panicum capillare - Witchgrass, tumble-weed [2]
- Panicum carinifolium
- Panicum carneovaginatum
- Panicum chaetorhachis
- Panicum chambeshii
- Panicum chionachne
- Panicum clandestinum
- Panicum claytonii
- Panicum coloratum
- Panicum colonum - Jungle grass
- Panicum comorense
- Panicum congoense
- Panicum crinitum
- Panicum crus-galli (syn. Echinochloa crus-galli) - barnyard grass
- Panicum decompositum - Native millet
- Panicum delicatulum
- Panicum deustum
- Panicum dewinteri
- Panicum dichotomiflorum
- Panicum dinklagei
- Panicum doloense
- Panicum dorsense
- Panicum dregeanum
- Panicum ecklonii
- Panicum effusum
- Panicum eickii
- Panicum ephemerum
- Panicum fauriei
- Panicum filifolium
- Panicum flacciflorum
- Panicum fluviicola
- Panicum frutescens
- Panicum funaense
- Panicum gemmeum
- Panicum genuflexum
- Panicum gilvum
- Panicum glandulopaniculatum
- Panicum glaucifolium
- Panicum glaucocladum
- Panicum gracilicaule
- Panicum grande
- Panicum graniflorum
- Panicum griffonii
- Panicum guluense
- Panicum habrothrix
- Panicum hanningtonii
- Panicum haplocaulos
- Panicum helopus (Syn. Urochloa panicoides) - annual signal grass
- Panicum hemitomon - Maidencane
- Panicum heterostachyum
- Panicum hippothrix
- Panicum hirticaule - Mexican panicgrass
- Panicum hochstetteri
- Panicum homblei
- Panicum humile
- Panicum hygrocharis
- Panicum hymeniochilum
- Panicum hystrix
- Panicum impeditum
- Panicum inaequilatum
- Panicum incomptum
- Panicum infestum
- Panicum isachnoides
- Panicum isolepis
- Panicum issongense
- Panicum kalaharense
- Panicum kasumense
- Panicum kiensieleense
- Panicum laetum
- Panicum lanipes
- Panicum lasiopodum
- Panicum laticomum
- Panicum laxum
- Panicum letouzeyi
- Panicum littorale
- Panicum lukwangulense
- Panicum madipirense
- Panicum mapalense
- Panicum margaritiferum
- Panicum marunguense
- Panicum massaiense
- Panicum maximum (Guinea grass, Buffalo grass)
- Panicum melanospermum
- Panicum merkeri
- Panicum miliaceum - Proso or Common millet
- Panicum miliare - Little millet
- Panicum mitopus
- Panicum mlahiense
- Panicum mollifolium
- Panicum monticola
- Panicum mueense
- Panicum natalense
- Panicum neglectum
- Panicum nervatum
- Panicum niihauense
- Panicum nigromarginatum
- Panicum novemnerve
- Panicum nubicum
- Panicum nudiflorum
- Panicum nymphoides
- Panicum obtusum - Vine mesquite grass
- Panicum omega
- Panicum ozogonum
- Panicum pansum
- Panicum parvifolium
- Panicum paucinode
- Panicum pectinatum
- Panicum pectinellum
- Panicum perangustatum
- Panicum peteri
- Panicum phaeocarpum
- Panicum phippsii
- Panicum phragmitoides
- Panicum pilgeri
- Panicum pilgerianum
- Panicum pinifolium
- Panicum pleianthum
- Panicum poaeoides
- Panicum pole-evansii
- Panicum polyphyllum
- Panicum porphyrrhizos
- Panicum pygmaeum - Australian native dwarf panicum, rainforest panicum)
- Panicum praealtum
- Panicum protensum
- Panicum pseudoracemosum
- Panicum pusillum
- Panicum ramosum - Browntop millet
- Panicum repens - Torpedo grass
- Panicum robynsii
- Panicum ruspolii
- Panicum sabiense
- Panicum sadinii
- Panicum schinzii
- Panicum schweinfurthii
- Panicum senegalense
- Panicum serrarium
- Panicum shinyangense
- Panicum simulans
- Panicum sonorum
- Panicum stagninum
- Panicum stapfianum
- Panicum stoloniferissimum
- Panicum striatissimum
- Panicum strictissimum
- Panicum subalbidum
- Panicum subflabellatum
- Panicum subpilosum
- Panicum subtilissimum
- Panicum sumatrense
- Panicum tenellum
- Panicum torridum
- Panicum trichocladum
- Panicum trichoides
- Panicum trichonode
- Panicum tunicatum
- Panicum turgidum - Afezu
- Panicum urvilleanum - Desert panicgrass
- Panicum viciniflorum
- Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass
- Panicum vollesenii
- Panicum volutans
- Panicum wiehei
- Panicum xerophilum
- Panicum zamba
- Panicum zambesiense
[edit] References
- ^ Grasses of the Tweed Valley of NSW: An introductory field guide to locally common grasses: native and introduced, Compiled by Penny Watsford, Nullum Publications, 2004 ISBN 097568230X)
- ^ *Britton, Nathaniel; Addison Brown (1896). An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Volume I, Ophioglossaceae to Aizoaceae. Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 612. http://books.google.com/books?id=dvMKAAAAIAAJ. page 123
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