Overview

Distribution

Panicum fauriei Hitchc.:
United States (North America)
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National Distribution

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Physical Description

Type Information

Holotype for Panicum fauriei Hitchc.
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Faurie
Year Collected: 1909
Locality: Halawa., Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
  • Holotype: Hitchcock, A. S. 1922. Mem. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 8: 182.
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Isotype for Panicum fauriei Hitchc.
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Faurie
Year Collected: 1909
Locality: Halawa., Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
  • Isotype: Hitchcock, A. S. 1922. Mem. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 8: 182.
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Conservation

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N2 - Imperiled

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G2 - Imperiled

Reasons: Panicum fauriei, a Hawaiian islands endemic, occurs in dry, open, often rocky habitats, such as lava flows, rocky shores, raised coralline reefs, and dunes from 0 - 400 m.

Usually in dry coastal areas.

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Wikipedia

Panicum fauriei

Panicum fauriei is a species of grass known by the common name Faurie's panicgrass. It is endemic to Hawaii.[1]

There are at least three varieties of this grass species.[2] One, var. carteri, Carter's panicgrass (formerly named Panicum carteri) is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.[3]

References

  1. ^ Panicum fauriei. The Nature Conservancy.
  2. ^ USDA Plants Profile
  3. ^ USFWS. Rule to list Panicum carteri (Carter's Panicgrass) as end. species & determine critical habitat. Federal Register October 12, 1983.
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