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

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

• (=) Panicum gouinii E. Fourn.
• (=) Panicum nitidum Hack. & Arechav.
• (=) Panicum nitidum var. nitidum Hack. & Arechav.

Common names:

• couch panicum  (Source: Grass SAfr) - English
• torpedo grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• Victoria grass  (Source: Blumea) - English
• millet rampant  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• panic rampant  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• kriechende Hirse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• grama-da-praia  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• grama-de-ponta  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• grama-portuguesa  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• cañota  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: potential as forage
• Environmental: erosion control
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CHINA: China (s.e.)
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku] Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka] Nepal, Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Former Yugoslavia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Seychelles

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

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

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: West Indies
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina


Other (exact native range obscure)

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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=26620. Accessed 1 July 2024.