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

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

• (=) Panicum havaiense Reichardt
• (=) Panicum kaalaense Hitchc.

Distributional Range:

Native

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

References:

1. Aliscioni, S. S. et al. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of Panicum (Poaceae: Paniceae): tests of monophyly and phylogenetic placement within the Panicoideae. Amer. J. Bot. 90:796-821.
2. Giussani, L. M. et al. 2001. A molecular phylogeny of the grass subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae) shows multiple origins of C4 photosynthesis. Amer. J. Bot. 88:1993-2012. Note: this study based on ndhF recovered a Setaria/Urochloa/Panicum clade, one of the three independent lineages that developed C4
3. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
4. Morrone, O. et al. 2012. Phylogeny of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae): integrating plastid DNA sequences and morphology into a new classification. Cladistics 28:333-356.
5. Triplett, J. K. et al. 2012. Five nuclear loci resolve the polyploid history of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and relatives. PLoS One 7(6): e38702. Note: Panicum nephelophilum was recognized as a diploid (2n=18) carrying genome F
6. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i

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=412731. Accessed 1 July 2024.