Panicum
Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growing to 1–3 m tall.
The flowers are produced in a well-developed panicle often up to 60 cm in length with numerous seeds, which are 1–6 mm long and 1–2 mm broad. The fruits are developed from a two-flowered spikelet. Only the upper floret of each spikelet is fertile; the lower floret is sterile or staminate. Both glumes are present and well developed.
Australia has 29 native and 9 introduced species of Panicum.(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 ISBN 097568230X)
Selected species
Panicum acrotrichum
Panicum adenophorum
Panicum aequinerve
Panicum afzelii
Panicum amarum - Bitter panicum
Panicum anabaptistum
Panicum anceps - Beaked panicum
Panicum antidotale - Blue panicum
Panicum arbusculum
Panicum arcurameum
Panicum atrosanguineum
Panicum bambusiculme
Panicum bandunduense
Panicum bechuanense
Panicum boscii
Panicum bossii
Panicum brazzavillense
Panicum brevifolium
Panicum bullockii
Panicum caillei
Panicum callosum
Panicum calocarpum
Panicum calvum
Panicum capillare - Witchgrass, tumble-weed
Panicum carinifolium
Panicum carneovaginatum
Panicum chaetorhachis
Panicum chambeshii
Panicum chionachne
Panicum clandestinum
Panicum claytonii
Panicum coloratum
Panicum colonum - Jungle grass
Panicum comorense
Panicum congoense
Panicum crinitum
Panicum crus-galli - Barnyard grass
Panicum decompositum - Native millet
Panicum delicatulum
Panicum deustum
Panicum dewinteri
Panicum dinklagei
Panicum doloense
Panicum dorsense
Panicum dregeanum
Panicum ecklonii
Panicum eickii
Panicum ephemerum
Panicum fatuum
Panicum filifolium
Panicum flacciflorum
Panicum fluviicola
Panicum frutescens
Panicum funaense
Panicum gemmeum
Panicum genuflexum
Panicum gilvum
Panicum glandulopaniculatum
Panicum glaucifolium
Panicum glaucocladum
Panicum gracilicaule
Panicum grande
Panicum graniflorum
Panicum griffonii
Panicum guluense
Panicum habrothrix
Panicum hanningtonii
Panicum haplocaulos
Panicum helopus - Annual signal grass
Panicum hemitomon - Maidencane
Panicum heterostachyum
Panicum hippothrix
Panicum hirtiglume
Panicum hochstetteri
Panicum homblei
Panicum humile
Panicum hygrocharis
Panicum hymeniochilum
Panicum hystrix
Panicum impeditum
Panicum inaequilatum
Panicum incomptum
Panicum infestum
Panicum isachnoides
Panicum isolepis
Panicum issongense
Panicum kalaharense
Panicum kasumense
Panicum kiensieleense
Panicum laetum
Panicum lanipes
Panicum lasiopodum
Panicum laticomum
Panicum laxum
Panicum letouzeyi
Panicum littorale
Panicum lukwangulense
Panicum madipirense
Panicum mapalense
Panicum margaritiferum
Panicum marunguense
Panicum massaiense
Panicum maximum (Guinea grass, Buffalo grass)
Panicum melanospermum
Panicum merkeri
Panicum miliaceum - Proso or Common millet
Panicum miliare - Little millet
Panicum mitopus
Panicum mlahiense
Panicum mollifolium
Panicum monticola
Panicum mueense
Panicum natalense
Panicum neglectum
Panicum nervatum
Panicum nigerense
Panicum nigromarginatum
Panicum novemnerve
Panicum nubicum
Panicum nudiflorum
Panicum nymphoides
Panicum obtusum - Vine mesquite grass
Panicum omega
Panicum ozogonum
Panicum pansum
Panicum parvifolium
Panicum paucinode
Panicum pectinatum
Panicum pectinellum
Panicum perangustatum
Panicum peteri
Panicum phaeocarpum
Panicum phippsii
Panicum phragmitoides
Panicum pilgeri
Panicum pilgerianum
Panicum pinifolium
Panicum pleianthum
Panicum poaeoides
Panicum pole-evansii
Panicum polyphyllum
Panicum porphyrrhizos
Panicum pygmaeum (Australian native Dwarf Panicum, Rainforest Panicum)
Panicum praealtum
Panicum protensum
Panicum pseudoracemosum
Panicum pusillum
Panicum ramosum - Browntop millet
Panicum repens - Torpedo grass
Panicum robynsii
Panicum ruspolii
Panicum sabiense
Panicum sadinii
Panicum schinzii
Panicum schweinfurthii
Panicum senegalense
Panicum serrarium
Panicum shinyangense
Panicum simulans
Panicum stagninum
Panicum stapfianum
Panicum stoloniferissimum
Panicum striatissimum
Panicum strictissimum
Panicum subalbidum
Panicum subflabellatum
Panicum subpilosum
Panicum subtilissimum
Panicum sumatrense
Panicum tenellum
Panicum torridum
Panicum trichocladum
Panicum trichoides
Panicum trichonode
Panicum tunicatum
Panicum turgidum - Afezu
Panicum vatovae
Panicum viciniflorum
Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass
Panicum vollesenii
Panicum volutans
Panicum wiehei
Panicum xerophilum
Panicum zamba
Panicum zambesiense
Translation
The word "Panicum" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese.
Translation(s) in other languages: Chuvash: Вир, Czech: Proso, German: Rispenhirsen, French: Panic (plante), Lithuanian: Sora, Japanese: キビ属, Russian: Просо, Ukrainian: Просо.
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