Dichanthelium scoparium

Dichanthelium scoparium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Dichantheliinae
Genus: Dichanthelium
Species: Dichanthelium scoparium

Name

Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould, 1974

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Panicum scoparium Lam., Encycl. 4: 744 (1798)
  • Panicum scoparium var. genuinum Scribn., Bull. Agric. Exp. Sta. Univ. Tennessee 7: 48 (1894), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Chasea pubescens (Lam.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 64 (1911)
  • Panicum debile Torr. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 255 (1841), pro syn.
  • Panicum elliotii Spreng. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 256 (1841), pro syn.
  • Panicum fimbriatum Willd. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 316 (1824), pro syn.
  • Panicum laxiflorum var. pubescens (Lam.) Chapm., Fl. South. U.S., ed. 3: 586 (1897), nom. illeg.
  • Panicum nitidum var. velutinum Döll, C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 247 (1878), not validly publ.
  • Panicum pauciflorum Bosc ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 313 (1824), pro syn.
  • Panicum pubescens Lam., Encycl. 4: 748 (1798)
  • Panicum viscidum Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 123 (1816)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode I., South Carolina Regional: Southern Central USA Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico Introduced into: Japan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gould, F.W., 1974. Brittonia 26: 60

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dichanthelium scoparium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Dichanthelium scoparium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Dichanthelium scoparium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dichanthelium scoparium. Published online. Accessed: October 31 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Broom panic grass, Velvet panicum, Velvety panic-grass

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