Panicum

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Panicum (panicgrass)[2] is a large genus of about 250 species of grasses mostly native to tropical regions.

Description

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Taxonomy

Phylogenetic studies found the genus as previously circumscribed was polyphyletic, and several species have been reassigned to other genera. Most species in section Stolonifera of subgenus Phanopyrum were transferred to Ocellochloa, while P. venezuelae was placed in the new monotypic genus Drakkaria.[9]

Well-known species include P. miliaceum (proso millet) and P. virgatum (switchgrass).

Selected species

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Formerly placed here

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Distribution

The genus is native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone.[1] They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growing to Template:Cvt tall.[11][12]

Australia has 29 native and 9 introduced species of Panicum.[13][14][15]

References

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  3. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 504 黍属 shu shu Panicum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 55. 1753.
  4. ^ Flora of Pakistan
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Panicum includes photos and distribution maps of several species
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  7. ^ Valdés-Reyna, J., F. O. Zuloaga, O. Morrone & L. Aragón Melchor. 2009. "El género Panicum (Poaceae: Panicoideae) en el noreste de México". Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 84: 59–82.
  8. ^ Morrone, O., A. M. Antón & F. O. Zuloaga. 1995. "Axonopus". Flora Fanerogámica Argentina. 19(1): 11–16
  9. ^ Christian Silva, Júlia da Costa Hillmann, Juan Manuel Acosta, Reyjane Patrícia Oliveira, Fernando Omar Zuloaga, One more step into the resolution of Panicum (Poaceae) polyphyly: Drakkaria, a new segregate genus from neotropical Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 207, Issue 3, March 2025, Pages 208–224, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae044
  10. ^ *Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Britton, Nathaniel; Brown, Addison (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. Vol. I, Ophioglossaceae to Aizoaceae. Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 612. page 123
  11. ^ Freckmann, R. W. & M. G. Lelong. 2002. Nomenclatural changes and innovations in Panicum and Dichanthelium (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida 20(1): 161–174
  12. ^ Valdes, B. & H. Scholz. 2006. "The Euro+Med treatment of Gramineae - a generic synopsis and some new names". Willdenowia 36(2): 657–669
  13. ^ 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 Template:ISBN)
  14. ^ Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Atlas of Living Australia". Atlas of Living Australia. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2015-02-02.

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