Taxon: Panicum miliaceum L. subsp. miliaceum

See other conspecific taxa:

• Panicum miliaceum (2 accessions)
• Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale (no accessions)

Common names:

• broom millet   (Source: AH 505 )
  
• broomcorn millet   (Source: Blumea 41:198. 1996)
  
• cheena   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• chin   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• common millet   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• hog millet   (Source: AH 505 )
  
• kibi   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• mijo común   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• milho-miúdo   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• millet commun   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• millo   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• panic millet   (Source: F NAmer )
  
• proso millet   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Rispenhirse   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: cereal   (fide Grass USSR; L Edible Pl)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide F Eur; L Edible Pl; Grass USSR; Blumea 41:198. 1996, now mostly as birdseed)
  

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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States

Other:

• widely naturalized

References:

• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Grubben, G. J. H. & S. Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 10:115. [= P. miliaceum Proso Millet Group].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• 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)
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)
• Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:198.

Synonyms:

• (=) Panicum miliaceum cv. aureum Alef.
  
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var. flavum Schur
  
• (=) Panicum miliaceum cv. sanguineum Alef.
  
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var.-gr. contractum Alef.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Panicum miliaceum L. subsp. miliaceum:

• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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