Panicum 2106164 225598866 2008-07-14T14:15:22Z John Moss 1678292 add species {{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]] [[Category:Panicum|*]] {{grass-stub}} [[ca:Panicum]] [[cs:Proso]] [[es:Panicum]] [[fr:Panic (plante)]] [[it:Panicum]] [[lt:Sora]] [[ja:キビ属]] [[pt:Panicum]] [[ru:Просо]] [[uk:Просо]]