Panicum coloratum

Panicum coloratum

Panicum coloratum

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: Panicinae
Genus: Panicum
Species: Panicum coloratum

Name

Panicum coloratum L., 1767

Homonyms

• Panicum coloratum Walter = Panicum virgatum L.
• Panicum coloratum Thouars ex Spreng. = Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Milium coloratum (L.) Moench, Methodus: 203 (1794)
• Heterotypic
  • Panicum bossii Tropea, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 10: 100 (1912)
  • Panicum coloratum var. makarikariense Gooss., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 195 (1934)
  • Panicum coloratum var. minus Stapf ex Chiov., Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 183, 226 (1916)
  • Panicum coloratum var. strictum Rendle, W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 178 (1899)
  • Panicum crassipes Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 187 (1921)
  • Panicum jainii Karthik. & Sundararagh., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 145 (1982 publ. 1983)
  • Panicum nehruense Jauhar & Joshi, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 7: 97 (1966)
  • Panicum simpliciflorum Jauhar & Joshi, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 62: 320 (1965)
  • Panicum subalbidum var. tuberculosum Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 307 (1908)
  • Panicum swynnertonii Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 230 (1911)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland Regional: Central Africa Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Chad, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Northern Africa Egypt Introduced into: Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Is., Texas, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Mantissa Plantarum. Generum editionis VI. et Specierum editionis II. [1]: 1–142 + index (2 pp.). Holmiae. BHL Reference page. : 1:30. 1767

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Panicum coloratum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Panicum coloratum. 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 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Panicum coloratum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Panicum coloratum. Published online. Accessed: October 30 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Panicum coloratum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 October 30.

Vernacular names

العربية: ثمام ملون
English: kleingrass, Klinegrass, Coolah Grass
中文: 光头黍

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