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Taxon: Panicum ghiesbreghtii E. Fourn.

Genus: Panicum
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Panicoideae tribe: Paniceae.
Nomen number: 26508
Place of publication: Mexic. pl. 2:29. 1886
Name verified on: 04-Oct-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 04-Oct-1999
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • Ghiesbreght's witchgrass   (Source: F NAmer ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
    Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Mexico, Michoacan, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Puerto Rico
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica - Guanacaste, San Jose; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Western South America: Colombia - Magdalena, Santander, Tolima; Ecuador

References:

  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 1996. Revisión de las especies americanas de Panicum, subgénero Panicum, sección Panicum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83:244–246.
More:

Check other web resources for Panicum ghiesbreghtii E. Fourn.:


Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26508 (19 May 2013)

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