Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Panicum californicum Benth.
• (≡) Trichachne californica (Benth.) Chase

Common names:

• Arizona cottontop  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• cottontop  (Source: Grass US) - English
• punta blanca  (Source: Grass Util Mex) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (fide Grass Util Mex; Food Feed Crops US; NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
• Environmental: revegetator (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) revegetator (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma (s.w.)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (s.e.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

References:

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7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
8. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13995. Accessed 1 July 2024.