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

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

• Basionym: Panicum burmanni Retz.

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko]
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa [Transvaal (n.)]

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan, [Punjab] Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.), Northern Territory (n.)]

Northern America

• Mexico

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil (w.)
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

References:

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3. Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
4. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
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13. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
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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=70466. Accessed 1 July 2024.