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Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growing to 1-3 m tall.
The flowers are produced in a well-developed panicle often up to 60 cm in length with numerous seeds, which are 1-6 mm long and 1-2 mm broad. The fruits are developed from a two-flowered spikelet.
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Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growing to 1-3 m tall.
The flowers are produced in a well-developed panicle often up to 60 cm in length with numerous seeds, which are 1-6 mm long and 1-2 mm broad. The fruits are developed from a two-flowered spikelet. Only the upper floret of each spikelet is fertile; the lower floret is sterile or staminate. Both glumes are present and well developed.
Australia has 29 native and 9 introduced species of Panicum.(Grasses of the Tweed Valley of NSW: An introductory field guide to locally common grasses: native and introduced, Compiled by Penny Watsford, Nullum Publications, 2004 ISBN 097568230X)
Selected species
- Panicum acrotrichum
- Panicum adenophorum
- Panicum aequinerve
- Panicum afzelii
- Panicum amarum - Bitter panicum
- Panicum anabaptistum
- Panicum anceps - Beaked panicum
- Panicum antidotale - Blue panicum
- Panicum arbusculum
- Panicum arcurameum
- Panicum atrosanguineum
- Panicum bambusiculme
- Panicum bandunduense
- Panicum bechuanense
- Panicum boscii
- Panicum bossii
- Panicum brazzavillense
- Panicum brevifolium
- Panicum bullockii
- Panicum caillei
- Panicum callosum
- Panicum calocarpum
- Panicum calvum
- Panicum capillare - Witchgrass, tumble-weed
- Panicum carinifolium
- Panicum carneovaginatum
- Panicum chaetorhachis
- Panicum chambeshii
- Panicum chionachne
- Panicum clandestinum
- Panicum claytonii
- Panicum coloratum
- Panicum colonum - Jungle grass
- Panicum comorense
- Panicum congoense
- Panicum crinitum
- Panicum crus-galli - Barnyard grass
- Panicum decompositum - Native millet
- Panicum delicatulum
- Panicum deustum
- Panicum dewinteri
- Panicum dinklagei
- Panicum doloense
- Panicum dorsense
- Panicum dregeanum
- Panicum ecklonii
- Panicum eickii
- Panicum ephemerum
- Panicum fatuum
- Panicum filifolium
- Panicum flacciflorum
- Panicum fluviicola
- Panicum frutescens
- Panicum funaense
- Panicum gemmeum
- Panicum genuflexum
- Panicum gilvum
- Panicum glandulopaniculatum
- Panicum glaucifolium
- Panicum glaucocladum
- Panicum gracilicaule
- Panicum grande
- Panicum graniflorum
- Panicum griffonii
- Panicum guluense
- Panicum habrothrix
- Panicum hanningtonii
- Panicum haplocaulos
- Panicum helopus - Annual signal grass
- Panicum hemitomon - Maidencane
- Panicum heterostachyum
- Panicum hippothrix
- Panicum hirtiglume
- Panicum hochstetteri
- Panicum homblei
- Panicum humile
- Panicum hygrocharis
- Panicum hymeniochilum
- Panicum hystrix
- Panicum impeditum
- Panicum inaequilatum
- Panicum incomptum
- Panicum infestum
- Panicum isachnoides
- Panicum isolepis
- Panicum issongense
- Panicum kalaharense
- Panicum kasumense
- Panicum kiensieleense
- Panicum laetum
- Panicum lanipes
- Panicum lasiopodum
- Panicum laticomum
- Panicum laxum
- Panicum letouzeyi
- Panicum littorale
- Panicum lukwangulense
- Panicum madipirense
- Panicum mapalense
- Panicum margaritiferum
- Panicum marunguense
- Panicum massaiense
- Panicum maximum (African Guinea Grass, introduced to Australia for pasture)
- Panicum melanospermum
- Panicum merkeri
- Panicum miliaceum - Proso or Common millet
- Panicum miliare - Little millet
- Panicum mitopus
- Panicum mlahiense
- Panicum mollifolium
- Panicum monticola
- Panicum mueense
- Panicum natalense
- Panicum neglectum
- Panicum nervatum
- Panicum nigerense
- Panicum nigromarginatum
- Panicum novemnerve
- Panicum nubicum
- Panicum nudiflorum
- Panicum nymphoides
- Panicum obtusum - Vine mesquite grass
- Panicum omega
- Panicum ozogonum
- Panicum pansum
- Panicum parvifolium
- Panicum paucinode
- Panicum pectinatum
- Panicum pectinellum
- Panicum perangustatum
- Panicum peteri
- Panicum phaeocarpum
- Panicum phippsii
- Panicum phragmitoides
- Panicum pilgeri
- Panicum pilgerianum
- Panicum pinifolium
- Panicum pleianthum
- Panicum poaeoides
- Panicum pole-evansii
- Panicum polyphyllum
- Panicum porphyrrhizos
- Panicum pygmaeum (Australian native Dwarf Panicum, Rainforest Panicum)
- Panicum praealtum
- Panicum protensum
- Panicum pseudoracemosum
- Panicum pusillum
- Panicum repens - Torpedo grass
- Panicum robynsii
- Panicum ruspolii
- Panicum sabiense
- Panicum sadinii
- Panicum schinzii
- Panicum schweinfurthii
- Panicum senegalense
- Panicum serrarium
- Panicum shinyangense
- Panicum simulans
- Panicum stagninum
- Panicum stapfianum
- Panicum stoloniferissimum
- Panicum striatissimum
- Panicum strictissimum
- Panicum subalbidum
- Panicum subflabellatum
- Panicum subpilosum
- Panicum subtilissimum
- Panicum sumatrense
- Panicum tenellum
- Panicum torridum
- Panicum trichocladum
- Panicum trichoides
- Panicum trichonode
- Panicum tunicatum
- Panicum turgidum - Afezu
- Panicum vatovae
- Panicum viciniflorum
- Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass
- Panicum vollesenii
- Panicum volutans
- Panicum wiehei
- Panicum xerophilum
- Panicum zamba
- Panicum zambesiense
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