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Taxon: Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.

Genus: Panicum
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Panicoideae tribe: Paniceae.
Nomen number: 26487
Place of publication: Fl. bor.-amer. 1:48. 1803
Name verified on: 11-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • autumn millet   (Source: BSBI )
  • blue-grass   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • bluegrass   (Source: Darwiniana 29:306.)
  • fall panic grass   (Source: Pl Names )
  • fall panicum   (Source: AH 505 )
  • smooth witchgrass   (Source: Darwiniana 29:306.)
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Economic importance:

  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Eastern Canada: Canada - Nova Scotia, Ontario [s.e.], Quebec [s.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Panama
    Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Puerto Rico
    Northern South America: Suriname; Venezuela - Anzoategui, Apure, Delta Amacuro
    Brazil: Brazil - Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Maranhao, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina
    Western South America: Bolivia - Beni; Peru - Loreto
    Southern South America: Argentina - Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa, Misiones, Santa Fe; Paraguay - Amambay, Paraguari, San Pedro; Uruguay - Artigas, Montevideo, Paysandu
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere, including w. North America

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. (Grass Japan)
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
  • Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
  • Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. (L Grass Argent)
  • Zuloaga, F. O. 1989. El género Panicum (Poaceae: Paniceae) en la República Argentina. III. Darwiniana 29:305–308.
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Check other databases for Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
  • Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
  • World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26487 (22 November 2009)

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