See other conspecific taxa:

• Panicum miliaceum (0 accessions)
• Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale (0 accessions)

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

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

• (=) Panicum miliaceum var. aureum Alef.
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var. coccineum V. M. Arnold & Shibaiev.
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var. flavum Schur
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var. laetum V. M. Arnold & Shibaiev.
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var. luteolum V. M. Arnold & Shibaiev.
• (-) Panicum miliaceum var. miliaceum L.
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var. sanguineum Alef.
• (=) Panicum miliaceum var.-gr. contractum Alef.

Common names:

• broom millet  (Source: AH 505) - English
• broomcorn millet  (Source: Blumea) - English
• common millet  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• hog millet  (Source: AH 505) - English
• panic millet  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• proso millet  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• kibi  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• millet commun  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Rispenhirse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• cheena  (Source: Dict Rehm) - India
• chin  (Source: Dict Rehm) - India
• milho-miúdo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• mijo común  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• millo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

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

Distributional Range:

Cultivated (widely cult.)

Naturalized (widely natzd.)

References:

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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=26567. Accessed 1 July 2024.