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Taxon:  Panicum hirsutum Sw.



Summary
Genus:
Panicum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Nomen number:
26524
Place of publication:
Fl. Ind. occid. 1:173. 1797
Verified:
03/01/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  2. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  3. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 1996. Revisión de las especies americanas de Panicum, subgénero Panicum, sección Panicum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83:249-251. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
  4. Zuloaga, F. O. 1989. El género Panicum (Poaceae: Paniceae) en la República Argentina. III. Darwiniana 29:318-320.
Common names
English
giant witchgrass –
Spanish
cortadera –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuintana Roo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatan 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta RicaHeredia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta RicaLimon 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemalaHuehuetenango 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemalaIzabal 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemalaPeten 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaBolivar 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCundinamarca 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaMagdalena 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaSantander 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGuayas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosi]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Para]
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica [Heredia, Limon], Guatemala [Huehuetenango, Izabal, Peten], Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Bolivar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Santander], Ecuador [Guayas], Peru [Ucayali]
Economic Uses


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