Panicum
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Panicum''
| image = Panicum virgatum.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Panicum virgatum''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Poaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Panicoideae]]
| genus = '''''Panicum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
About 450-470 species; see text
}}
'''''Panicum''''' is a large genus of about 450 species of [[Poaceae|grasses]] native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are large, annual or perennial [[grass]]es, growing to 1-3 m tall.
The [[flower]]s are produced in a well-developed [[panicle]] often up to 60 cm in length with numerous [[seed]]s, which are 1-6 mm long and 1-2 mm broad. The fruits are developed from a two-flowered [[spikelet]]. Only the upper floret of each spikelet is fertile; the lower floret is sterile or staminate. Both [[glume]]s are present and well developed.
;Selected species
*''Panicum acrotrichum''
*''Panicum adenophorum''
*''Panicum aequinerve''
*''Panicum afzelii''
*''Panicum amarum'' - [[Bitter panicum]]
*''Panicum anabaptistum''
*''Panicum anceps'' - [[Beaked panicum]]
*''[[Panicum antidotale]]'' - [[Blue panicum]]
*''Panicum arbusculum''
*''Panicum arcurameum''
*''Panicum atrosanguineum''
*''Panicum bambusiculme''
*''Panicum bandunduense''
*''Panicum bechuanense''
*''Panicum boscii''
*''Panicum bossii''
*''Panicum brazzavillense''
*''Panicum brevifolium''
*''Panicum bullockii''
*''Panicum caillei''
*''Panicum callosum''
*''Panicum calocarpum''
*''Panicum calvum''
*''Panicum capillare'' - [[Witchgrass]]
*''Panicum carinifolium''
*''Panicum carneovaginatum''
*''Panicum chaetorhachis''
*''Panicum chambeshii''
*''Panicum chionachne''
*''Panicum clandestinum''
*''Panicum claytonii''
*''Panicum coloratum''
*''[[Panicum colonum]]'' - [[Jungle grass]]
*''Panicum comorense''
*''Panicum congoense''
*''Panicum crinitum''
*''[[Panicum crus-galli]]'' - [[Barnyard grass]]
*''[[Panicum decompositum]]'' - Native millet
*''Panicum delicatulum''
*''Panicum deustum''
*''Panicum dewinteri''
*''Panicum dinklagei''
*''Panicum doloense''
*''Panicum dorsense''
*''Panicum dregeanum''
*''Panicum ecklonii''
*''Panicum eickii''
*''Panicum ephemerum''
*''Panicum fatuum''
*''Panicum filifolium''
*''Panicum flacciflorum''
*''Panicum fluviicola''
*''Panicum frutescens''
*''Panicum funaense''
*''Panicum gemmeum''
*''Panicum genuflexum''
*''Panicum gilvum''
*''Panicum glandulopaniculatum''
*''Panicum glaucifolium''
*''Panicum glaucocladum''
*''Panicum gracilicaule''
*''Panicum grande''
*''Panicum graniflorum''
*''Panicum griffonii''
*''Panicum guluense''
*''Panicum habrothrix''
*''Panicum hanningtonii''
*''Panicum haplocaulos''
*''[[Urochloa panicoides|Panicum helopus]]''- [[Annual signal grass]]
*''Panicum hemitomon'' - [[Maidencane]]
*''Panicum heterostachyum''
*''Panicum hippothrix''
*''Panicum hirtiglume''
*''Panicum hochstetteri''
*''Panicum homblei''
*''Panicum humile''
*''Panicum hygrocharis''
*''Panicum hymeniochilum''
*''Panicum hystrix''
*''Panicum impeditum''
*''Panicum inaequilatum''
*''Panicum incomptum''
*''Panicum infestum''
*''Panicum isachnoides''
*''Panicum isolepis''
*''Panicum issongense''
*''Panicum kalaharense''
*''Panicum kasumense''
*''Panicum kiensieleense''
*''Panicum laetum''
*''Panicum lanipes''
*''Panicum lasiopodum''
*''Panicum laticomum''
*''Panicum laxum''
*''Panicum letouzeyi''
*''Panicum littorale''
*''Panicum lukwangulense''
*''Panicum madipirense''
*''Panicum mapalense''
*''Panicum margaritiferum''
*''Panicum marunguense''
*''Panicum massaiense''
*''Panicum maximum''
*''Panicum melanospermum''
*''Panicum merkeri''
*''Panicum miliaceum'' - [[Proso]] or [[Common millet]]
*''[[Panicum miliare]]'' - [[Little millet]]
*''Panicum mitopus''
*''Panicum mlahiense''
*''Panicum mollifolium''
*''Panicum monticola''
*''Panicum mueense''
*''Panicum natalense''
*''Panicum neglectum''
*''Panicum nervatum''
*''Panicum nigerense''
*''Panicum nigromarginatum''
*''Panicum novemnerve''
*''Panicum nubicum''
*''Panicum nudiflorum''
*''Panicum nymphoides''
*''Panicum obtusum'' - Vine mesquite grass
*''Panicum omega''
*''Panicum ozogonum''
*''Panicum pansum''
*''Panicum parvifolium''
*''Panicum paucinode''
*''Panicum pectinatum''
*''Panicum pectinellum''
*''Panicum perangustatum''
*''Panicum peteri''
*''Panicum phaeocarpum''
*''Panicum phippsii''
*''Panicum phragmitoides''
*''Panicum pilgeri''
*''Panicum pilgerianum''
*''Panicum pinifolium''
*''Panicum pleianthum''
*''Panicum poaeoides''
*''Panicum pole-evansii''
*''Panicum polyphyllum''
*''Panicum porphyrrhizos''
*''Panicum praealtum''
*''Panicum protensum''
*''Panicum pseudoracemosum''
*''Panicum pusillum''
*''Panicum repens''
*''Panicum robynsii''
*''Panicum ruspolii''
*''Panicum sabiense''
*''Panicum sadinii''
*''Panicum schinzii''
*''Panicum schweinfurthii''
*''Panicum senegalense''
*''Panicum serrarium''
*''Panicum shinyangense''
*''Panicum simulans''
*''Panicum stagninum''
*''Panicum stapfianum''
*''Panicum stoloniferissimum''
*''Panicum striatissimum''
*''Panicum strictissimum''
*''Panicum subalbidum''
*''Panicum subflabellatum''
*''Panicum subpilosum''
*''Panicum subtilissimum''
*''Panicum sumatrense''
*''Panicum tenellum''
*''Panicum torridum''
*''Panicum trichocladum''
*''Panicum trichoides''
*''Panicum trichonode''
*''Panicum tunicatum''
*''Panicum turgidum'' - [[Afezu]]
*''Panicum vatovae''
*''Panicum viciniflorum''
*''Panicum virgatum'' - [[Switchgrass]]
*''Panicum vollesenii''
*''Panicum volutans''
*''Panicum wiehei''
*''Panicum xerophilum''
*''Panicum zamba''
*''Panicum zambesiense''
== External links ==
* [http://utc.usu.edu/keys/PanicumDichanthelium/Panicum_Dichanthelium.html Interactive Key to Panicum of North America]
[[Category:Grasses]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]
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