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

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

• (=) Panicum miliare Lam.
• (=) Panicum proliferum Lam.
• (=) Panicum proliferum var. proliferum Lam.

Common names:

• blue panic  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• blue panic grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• giant panic  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• panic bleu  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• panico antidotale  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• pánico azul  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; erosion control; erosion control
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran (s.)

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (s.e.), Western Australia, Northern Territory (s.)]

Northern America

• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
• Mexico

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• BRAZIL: Brazil
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Jujuy]

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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=26439. Accessed 1 July 2024.