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

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

• Basionym: Panicum obtusum Kunth

Common names:

• vine-mesquite  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• vine-mesquite grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (as Panicum obtusum)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (only in USA, of unknown importance, as Panicum obtusum)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco (n.e.), Puebla, Querétaro]

Reference:

1. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2007. Hopia, a new monotypic genus segregated from Panicum (Poaceae). Taxon 56:145-156.

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=467846. Accessed 1 July 2024.