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

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

• (=) Chaetochloa palmifolia Hitchc. & Chase
• (=) Chaetochloa sulcata (Aubl.) Hitchc.
• Basionym: Panicum palmifolium J. Koenig
• (=) Panicum palmifolium Willd. ex Poir.
• (=) Panicum sulcatum Aubl.

Common names:

• highland pitpit  (Source: Blumea) - English
• palm grass  (Source: Dict Gard) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; ornamental; ornamental
• Human food: vegetable
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Kyushu (s.), Ryukyu Islands] Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, [Sikkim, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh] Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
• INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized

Northern America

• Mexico, United States

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: West Indies
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador


Uncertain

Northern America

• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Baja California Sur]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

References:

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5. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. Note: mentions
6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
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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=33832. Accessed 1 July 2024.