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 Mozambique: 42 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| brazzavillense Franch. | N | Description |
| brevifolium L. | MS | Description |
| carneovaginatum Renvoize | MS | |
| coloratum L. | MS,GI,M | Description |
| comorense Mez | N,Z,MS,M | |
| deustum Thunb. | N,GI,M | Description |
| dregeanum Nees | MS | Description, Image |
| ecklonii Nees | MS | Description |
| eickii Mez | MS | Description |
| fluviicola Steud. | N,M | Description |
| glandulopaniculatum Renvoize | Z,MS | Description |
| gracilicaule Rendle | N | Description |
| graciliflorum Rendle | N | |
| graniflorum Stapf | Z | Description |
| hanningtonii Stapf | MS | |
| heterostachyum Hack. | Description, Image | |
| hymeniochilum Nees | MS | Description |
| inaequilatum Stapf & C.E. Hubb. | MS | Description |
| infestum Andersson ex Peters | N,MS,M | Description |
| kalaharense Mez | M | Description |
| laticomum Nees | N,MS | Description |
| lindleyanum Steud. | Z | |
| madipirense Mez | MS | Description |
| massaiense Mez | Z | |
| maximum Jacq. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| merkeri Mez | MS | Description |
| monticola Hook. f. | MS | Description, Image |
| mueense Vanderyst | MS | |
| natalense Hochst. | MS | Description |
| parvifolium Lam. | N,MS,M | |
| peteri Pilg. | MS | Description |
| phragmitoides Stapf | N | Description |
| pilgeri Mez | N | |
| pleianthum Peter | MS,GI | |
| poaeoides Stapf | T | Description |
| porphyrrhizos Steud. | N | Description |
| repens L. | N,Z,MS | Description |
| subalbidum Kunth | MS,M | Description, Image |
| subflabellatum Stapf | MS,GI,M | |
| trichocladum Hack. ex K. Schum. | N,Z,MS | Description |
| trichoides Sw. | N,MS | Description |
| wiehei Renvoize | Z | Description |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PanicumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Panicum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Panicum
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