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

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

• Basionym: Panicum hians Elliott

Common names:

• gaping panic grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [West Virginia (w.-c.)]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri (s.e.), Oklahoma]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3247), Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina (http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/herb/S/2335.jpg), Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [El Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija] Colombia [Cundinamarca, Valle del Cauca]
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires] Paraguay, [Alto Paraná, Amambay, Boquerón, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Alto Paraguay, Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro] Uruguay

References:

1. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. Note: = Panicum hians Elliott
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3. Renvoize, S. A. 1988. Hatschbach's Parana grasses
4. Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia
5. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Monocots&FamilyID=Poaceae&GenusID=Steinchisma&SpeciesID=hians target='_blank'
6. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1998. Revision and cladistic analysis of Steinchisma (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85:647-649.

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=433174. Accessed 1 July 2024.