G.455. Panicum
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Leaves: lamina variable, from linear to ovate. Inflorescence a panicle, usually much branched, but occasionally ± contracted about the primary branches. Spikelets dorsally flattened, rarely slightly gibbous; lower glume usually shorter than (rarely equal to) the spikelet; upper glume as long as, the spikelet, often with a stipe-like internode between the glumes; lower floret male or barren; its lower lemma resembling the upper glume; upper lemma crustaceous; margin involute and clasping only the edges of the palea. A generally recognisable genus but the following could be confused with it: Brachiaria deflexa, Eriochloa meyeriana, Tricholaena monachne. Worldwide: 500 species or more in tropical and warm temperate zones Zimbabwe: 46 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arcurameum Stapf | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| atrosanguineum A. Rich. | N,W,S | Description |
| bechuanense Bremek. & Oberm. | W | Description |
| brazzavillense Franch. | C,E | Description |
| brevifolium L. | E | Description |
| chambeshii Renvoize | N | Description |
| coloratum L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| deustum Thunb. | N,C,E,S | Description |
| dregeanum Nees | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| ecklonii Nees | E | Description |
| eickii Mez | E | Description |
| fluviicola Steud. | N,W | Description |
| gilvum Launert | Description | |
| glandulopaniculatum Renvoize | E | Description |
| gracilicaule Rendle | N | Description |
| graniflorum Stapf | N,W | Description |
| haplocaulos Pilg. | W | Description |
| heterostachyum Hack. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| hymeniochilum Nees | E,S | Description |
| inaequilatum Stapf & C.E. Hubb. | E | Description |
| infestum Andersson ex Peters | C,E,S | Description |
| kalaharense Mez | N,W,S | Description |
| kasumense Renvoize [End] | W | Description |
| laticomum Nees | E,S | Description |
| madipirense Mez | N | Description |
| maximum Jacq. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| merkeri Mez | W | Description |
| miliaceum L. | N,C | Description |
| monticola Hook. f. | E | Description, Image |
| natalense Hochst. | N,C,E,S | Description |
| nervatum (Franch.) Stapf | E | Description |
| novemnerve Stapf | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| peteri Pilg. | E | Description |
| phragmitoides Stapf | W,E | Description |
| poaeoides Stapf | W | Description |
| porphyrrhizos Steud. | N,W,C | Description |
| repens L. | N,W,C,S | Description |
| repentellum Napper | N,C | Description |
| sabiense Renvoize [End] | N,C,E,S | Description |
| schinzii Hack. | N,C,E,S | Description |
| subalbidum Kunth | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| trichocladum Hack. ex K. Schum. | E | Description |
| trichoides Sw. | N,C | Description |
| trichonode Launert & Renvoize | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| wiehei Renvoize | E | Description |
| zambesiense Renvoize | N,W | Description |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Panicum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PanicumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Panicum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Panicum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Panicum
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iNaturalist: Panicum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Panicum
JSTOR Plant Science: Panicum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Panicum
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Wikipedia: Panicum