Overview

Distribution

Panicum hians Elliott:
Argentina (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Colombia (South America)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Uruguay (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
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Fasciculochloa sparshottiorum B.K. Simon & C.M. Weiller:
Australia (Oceania)
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Panicum exiguiflorum Griseb.:
Caribbean (Caribbean)
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Panicum milioides var. filifolium R.A. Palacios:
Argentina (South America)
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Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash:
Argentina (South America)
Australia (Oceania)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Paraguay (South America)
Uruguay (South America)
United States (North America)
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  • Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103 External link.
  • Serrano, M. & J. Teran. 2000. Identific. Esp. Veg. Chuquisaca 1–129. PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo, Sucre.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014273 External link.
  • Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. Morrone Internet Cat. New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024044 External link.
  • Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gram. Bolivia i–xxx, 1–644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1007278 External link.
  • Barkworth, M. E., K. M. Capels, S. Long & M. B. Piep. 2003. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. 25: i–xxv, 1–783. In Fl. N. Amer. Oxford University Press, New York.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1021466 External link.
  • Renvoize, S. A. 1988. Hatschbach's Paraná Grass. 1–76. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/18294 External link.
  • Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. d. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. Fl. Fanerogam. Estado Sao Paulo 1: i–xxv, 1–292.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1018627 External link.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 2003. Steinchisma. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 607–608.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1004227 External link.
  • Simon, B. K. 1999. Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash, the correct name for Fasciculochloa sparshottiorum B.K. Simon & C.M. Weiller. Austrobaileya 5(3): 585–586.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1011826 External link.
  • Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, A. S. Vega & L. M. Giussani. 1998. Revisón y análisis caladístico de Steinchisma (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(4): 631–656.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1008960 External link.
  • Simon, B. K. 2003. Steinchisma laxa (Sw.) Zuloaga, the correct name for Cliffordiochloa parvispiculata B.K. Simon. Austrobaileya 6(3): 561–562.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024215 External link.
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National Distribution

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Physical Description

Morphology

Physical Description

Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Rhizomes present, Rhizome short and compact, stems close, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems geniculate, decumbent, or lax, sometimes rooting at nodes, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stems compressed, flattened, or sulcate, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open , or loose, Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous, Leaf sheath hairy, hispid or prickly, Leaf sheath hairy at summit, throat, or collar, Leaf sheath or blade keeled, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blades mostly flat, Leaf blade margins folded, involute, or conduplicate, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Leaf blades more or less hairy, Ligule present, Ligule a fringed, ciliate, or lobed membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence an open panicle, openly paniculate, branches spreading, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence a panicle with narrowly racemose or spicate branches, Inflorescence with 2-10 branches, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets laterally compressed, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 1 fertile floret, Spikelets with 2 florets, Spikelets solitary at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spik elets disarticulating below the glumes, Rachilla or pedicel glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes distinctly unequal, Glumes equal to or longer than adjacent lemma, Glume equal to or longer than spikelet, Glumes 3 nerved, Glumes 4-7 nerved, Lemma coriaceous, firmer or thicker in texture than the glumes, Lemma becoming indurate, enclosing palea and caryopsis, Lemma 3 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex acute or acuminate, Lemma awnless, Lemma margins inrolled, tightly covering palea and caryopsis, Lemma straight, Palea present, well developed, Palea longer than lemma, Palea greatly inflated at maturity, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryopsis.
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Type Information

Type fragment for Panicum oblongiflorum Desv.
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): L. A. G. Bosc
Locality: North Carolina / South Carolina, United States
  • Type fragment: Desvaux, N. A. 1831. Opusc. 89.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Steinchisma hians

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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