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Taxon:  Panicum maximum Jacq.



Summary
Genus:
Panicum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Nomen number:
26558
Place of publication:
Collectanea 1:76. 1787 Jan-Sep ("1786"); Icon. pl. rar. 1:2, t. 13. 1787 ("1781-1786")
Verified:
01/05/2005 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
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Andrews, F. W. The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 1950-1956 Note: accepts
  3. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt checklist. 1995 Note: accepts
  4. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: accepts
  5. Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Assessment and management of plant invasions. 1997 255-267. Note: accepts
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- Note: accepts
  7. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980- Note: accepts
  8. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 Note: accepts
  9. Giussani, L. M. et al. 2001. A molecular phylogeny of the grass subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae) shows multiple origins of C-4 photosynthesis. Amer. J. Bot. 88:1993-2012. Note: according to molecular results better placed in Urochloa P. Beauv.
  10. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000) Note: accepts
  11. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950 Note: accepts
  12. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 Note: accepts
  13. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994 Note: accepts
  14. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972 Note: accepts
  15. Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
  16. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 Note: accepts
  17. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- Note: accepts
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  19. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 Note: accepts
  20. Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs. 2003. Megathyrsus, a new generic name for Panicum subgenus Megathyrsus. Austrobaileya 6:572.
  21. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:172. Note: accepts
  22. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993- Note: accepts
  23. Tovar, Ó. 1993. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13:322. Note: accepts
  24. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: accepts
  25. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:197. Note: accepts
  26. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 Note: accepts
  27. Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992 Note: accepts
  28. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:632. Note: = Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R. D. Webster
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