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

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

• Basionym: Panicum bulbosum Kunth
• (=) Panicum plenum Hitchc. & Chase

Common names:

• bulb panic grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• canyon panic grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• turnip grass  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• maíz de cuervo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (as Panicum bulbosum)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Nevada (s.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad de México]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Victoria]

References:

1. Bess, E. C. et al. 2006. Zuloagaea, a new genus of neotropical grass within the "bristle clade" (Poaceae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. 31:656-670. URL: www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Panicum plenum
3. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Panicum bulbosum
4. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Panicum bulbosum

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=451831. Accessed 1 July 2024.