Panicum ramosius

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• Notes

Overview

Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Panicum

Annuals or perennials . Culms erect , geniculately ascending or decumbent . Leaves basal or cauline; leaf blades filiform or linear to lanceolate or ovate , usually flat. Inflorescence usually a terminal open panicle, variously condensed or occasionally spicate rarely racemose. Spikelets usually symmetrical and dorsally compressed , disarticulating below the glumes ; 2-flowered, the lower floret staminate or barren, the upper bisexual . Glumes herbaceous to membranous, ovate or oblong , obtuse to acute, acuminate or cuspidate ; lower usually shorter than the spikelet, rarely equal, an internode between the glumes sometimes present, upper glume as long as spikelet, or slightly shorter; lower lemma similar to upper glume, with or without a palea; upper floret coriaceous, bony or cartilaginous , the margins of the lemma inrolled and clasping the palea, apex obtuse to acute or apiculate , crested or excavated . Hilum rounded to oval . x = 9, 10.

About 500 species:pantropical, extending into temperate regions of North America; 21 species (four introduced ) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Panicum agrostoides ramosius (C. Mohr) Fern. • Panicum agrostoides var. ramosius (C. Mohr) Fern.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Panicum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 120 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. abscissum (Cutthroat Grass) · P. alatum (Winged Panicgrass) · P. alatum var. alatum (Winged Panicgrass) · P. alatum var. longiflorum (Winged Panicgrass) · P. alatum var. minus (Winged Panicgrass) · P. amarum (Bitter Panicgrass) · P. amarum amarulum var. amarulum (Coastal Panic Grass) · P. amarum var. amarulum (Bitter Panicgrass) · P. amarum var. amarum (Bitter Panicgrass) · P. amarum 'Dewey Blue' (Bitter Panic Grass) · P. anceps (Beaked Panicgrass) · P. antidotale (Blue Panic) · P. beecheyi (Beechey Panic Grass) · P. bergii (Berg's Panic Grass) · P. bisulcatum (Japanese Panicgrass) · P. boliviense (Bolivian Panicgrass) · P. brachyanthum (Prairie Panic-Grass) · P. brevifolium (Short-Leaved Panicgrass) · P. bulbosum (Bulb Panic) · P. bulbosum var. bulbosum (Bulb Panicgrass) · P. capillare (Annual Witchgrass) · P. capillarioides (Slender Panic Grass) · P. coloratum (Kleingrass) · P. dichotomiflorum (Fall Panic) · P. dichotomiflorum bartowense (Fall Panic) · P. dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum (Western Witchgrass) · P. dichotomiflorum var. puritanorum (Fall Panicgrass) · P. diffusum (Spreading Panic Grass) · P. elephantipes (Elephant Panicgrass) · P. fauriei (Faurie's Panic Grass) · P. fauriei carteri var. carteri (Carter's Panicgrass) · P. fauriei var. carteri (Faurie's Panicgrass) · P. fauriei var. fauriei (Faurie's Panicgrass) · P. fauriei var. latius (Faurie's Panicgrass) · P. flexile (Wiry Panic Grass) · P. gattingeri (Gattinger Panic Grass) · P. ghiesbreghtii (Ghiesbreght's Panic Grass) · P. glutinosum (Sticky Panicgrass) · P. hallii (Hall Panicum) · P. hallii var. filipes (Filly Panicum) · P. hallii var. hallii (Hall's Panicgrass) · P. havardii (Havard Panic Grass) · P. hemitomon (Maidencane) · P. hillmanii (Hillman's Panic Grass) · P. hirsutum (Hairy Panic Grass) · P. hirticaule (Mexican Panic Grass) · P. hirticaule var. hirticaule (Mexican Panicgrass) · P. hirticaule var. stramineum (Sonoran Panicgrass) · P. hirticaule var. verrucosum (Mexican Panicgrass) · P. isachne (Bloodgrass) · P. jumentorum (Green Panic Grass) · P. konaense (Kona Panicgrass) · P. lacustre (Cypress Panic Grass) · P. laxum (Lax Panicgrass) · P. leptachyrium (Low Panicum Sp) · P. lineale (Kauai Panicgrass) · P. longivaginatum (Longsheath Panicgrass) · P. makarikariense (Panicum) · P. miliaceum (Blackseeded Proso Millet) · P. miliaceum ruderale (Blackseeded Proso Millet) · P. mohavense (Mojave Panicgrass) · P. molle (Para Grass) · P. napaliense (Napali Panicgrass) · P. nephelophilum (Kona Kona Panic-Grass) · P. niihauense (Niihau Panic Grass) · P. obtusum (Blunt Panic Grass) · P. oryzoides (Early Barnyard Grass) · P. paludosum (Chesapeake Panicgrass) · P. paniculatum (Panicum) · P. parvifolium (Smallflower Panicgrass) · P. pellitum (Collie Panic Grass) · P. philadelphicum (Philadelphia Panic Grass) · P. philadelphicum gattingeri (Philadelphia Panic Grass) · P. psilopodium (Barefoot Panicgrass) · P. ramosius (Lanai Panicgrass) · P. repens (Couch Panicum) · P. rigidulum (Panic Grass) · P. rigidulum pubescens (Redtop Panicgrass) · P. rigidulum var. combsii (Combs Panicgrass) · P. rigidulum var. elongatum (Redtop Panicgrass) · P. rigidulum var. pubescens (Redtop Panicgrass) · P. rigidulum var. rigidulum (Redtop Panicgrass) · P. ruderale (Blackseeded Proso Millet) · P. sanguineum (Blackseeded Proso Millet) · P. scalarum (African Couch Grass) · P. schiffneri (Schiffner's Panicgrass) · P. schinzii (Land Grass (South Africa)) · P. sonorum (Sauwi) · P. stagninum (Burgu Grass) · P. stenodes (Savannah Panicgrass) · P. stevensianum (Stevens' Panicgrass) · P. sumatrense (Barefoot Panicgrass) · P. tenerum (Bluejoint Panicgrass) · P. tenuifolium (Parkland Panicgrass) · P. torridum (Torrid Panic Grass) · P. trichanthum (Thicket Panicgrass) · P. trichoides (Tropical Panic Grass) · P. urvilleanum (Desert Panic-Grass) · P. venezuelae (Venezuelan Panicgrass) · P. verrucosum (Warty Panicgrass)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 662.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 374.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661134
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-40986
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:412876-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 40986
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA4K1V0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PARA7
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 51556

Footnotes

1. Shou-liang Chen & Stephen A. Renvoize "Panicum". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 500, 504, 510, 512, 513. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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