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Taxon: Panicum maximum Jacq.

Synonym of Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Genus: Panicum
Family: Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Nomen number: 26558
Place of publication: Collectanea 1:76. 1787 ("1786"); Icon. pl. rar. 1:2, t. 13. 1787 ("1781-1786")
Name verified on: 05-Jan-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 04-Aug-2006
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. (previously associated with 404 accessions)

Economic importance:


References:

  • Andrews, F. W. 1950–1956. The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. (F Sudan) [accepts].
  • Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. (L Egypt) [accepts].
  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA) [accepts].
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion) [accepts].
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb) [accepts].
  • Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. (Grass SAfr) [accepts].
  • 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. [according to molecular results better placed in Urochloa P. Beauv.].
  • Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000) (F Ethiop) [accepts].
  • Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US) [accepts].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed) [accepts].
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [accepts].
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr) [accepts].
  • Mannetje, L. 't & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 4:172. [accepts].
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US) [accepts].
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak) [accepts].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm) [accepts].
  • Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs. 2003. Megathyrsus, a new generic name for Panicum subgenus Megathyrsus. Austrobaileya 6:572.
  • Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia) [accepts].
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr) [accepts].
  • Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:197. [accepts].
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec) [accepts].
  • Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. (Grass Camer) [accepts].
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Check other databases for Panicum maximum Jacq.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
  • 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.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26558 (21 November 2009)

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