Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Dichanthelium ovale subsp. villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong:
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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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
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Panicum ovale var. villosum (A. Gray) Lelong:
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Kucera, C. L. 1998. The Grasses of Missouri 305 pp., University of Missouri Press, Colombia.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1018088
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Panicum acuminatum var. villosum (A. Gray) Beetle:
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Espejo Serna, A., A. R. López-Ferrari & J. Valdés-Reyna. 2000. Poaceae. Monocot. Mexic. Sinopsis Floríst. 10: 7–236 [and index].
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1015183
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Zuloaga, F. O., R. P. Ellis & O. Morrone. 1993. A revision of Panicum subg. Dichanthelium sect. Dichanthelium (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) in Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80(1): 119–190.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/40033
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Panicum villosissimum var. pseudopubescens (Nash) Fernald:
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1327
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Gleason, H. A. & A. J. Cronquist. 1968. The Pteridophytoa, Gymnospermae and Monocotyledoneae. 1: 1–482. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1495
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Panicum villosissimum Nash:
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37(4): 317–407.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/2538
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Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/636
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Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1493
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Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1515
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Swallen, J. R. 1955. Gramineae. In: P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala---Part II. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(2): i–ix, 1–390.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6706
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Panicum praecocius Hitchc. & Chase:
Canada (North America)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Canada (North America)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Kucera, C. L. 1998. The Grasses of Missouri 305 pp., University of Missouri Press, Colombia.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1018088
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Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1327
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Voss, E. G. 1972. Gymnosperms and Monocots. i–xv, 1–488. In Michigan Fl. Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1494
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Gleason, H. A. & A. J. Cronquist. 1968. The Pteridophytoa, Gymnospermae and Monocotyledoneae. 1: 1–482. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1495
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Panicum olivaceum Hitchc. & Chase:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Venezuela (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Venezuela (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37(4): 317–407.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/2538
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Pittier, H., T. Lasser, L. Schnee, Z. L. Febres & V. Badillo. 1945. Gramineae, IN: Catalogo de la Flora Venezolana. Conf. Interamer. Agricultura, Caracas 1: 75–119.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014100
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Pohl, R. W. 1980. Family 15. Gramineae. In: W. C. Burger, (ed.), Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana, Bot., n.s. 4: 1–608.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/5421
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Swallen, J. R. 1955. Gramineae. In: P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala---Part II. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(2): i–ix, 1–390.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6706
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. villosum (A. Gray) Gould & C.A. Clark:
Canada (North America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Canada (North America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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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
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Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Fl. Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/637
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Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A. O. Chater. (eds.) 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: i–xvi, 1–543.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/8200
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Gould, F. W. & C. A. Clark. 1978. Dichanthelium (Poaceae) in the United States and Canada. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65(4): 1088–1132.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9842
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Davidse, G. 1994. 115. Dichanthelium (A. Hitchc. et Chase) Gould. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: 322–326.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1003154
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Gould, F. W. 1980. The Mexican species of Dichanthelium (Poaceae). Brittonia 32(3): 353–364.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/3599
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Entolasia olivacea Stapf:
Central African Republic (Africa & Madagascar)
Congo (Brazzaville) (Africa & Madagascar)
Cameroon (Africa & Madagascar)
Gabon (Africa & Madagascar)
Guinea (Africa & Madagascar)
Tanzania (Africa & Madagascar)
Uganda (Africa & Madagascar)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Central African Republic (Africa & Madagascar)
Congo (Brazzaville) (Africa & Madagascar)
Cameroon (Africa & Madagascar)
Gabon (Africa & Madagascar)
Guinea (Africa & Madagascar)
Tanzania (Africa & Madagascar)
Uganda (Africa & Madagascar)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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ORSTOM. 1988. List Vasc. Pl. Gabon Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1671
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Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1371
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Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 92–1(2): 1–557.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024162
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National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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, Stolons or runners presen t, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Plants conspicuously hairy, grayish, or wooly, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly basal, below middle of stem, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath hairy, hispid or prickly, Leaf sheath hairy at summit, throat, or collar, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf blades lanceolate, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blades 1-2 cm wide, Leaf blades 2 or more cm wide, Leaf blades mostly flat, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Leaf blades more or less hairy, Ligule present, Ligule a fringe of hairs, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence an open panicle, openly paniculate, branches spreading, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, g lomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence branches more than 10 to numerous, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets dorsally compressed or terete, Inflorescence or spikelets partially hidden in leaf sheaths, subtended by spatheole, 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, Spikelets 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 similar in texture to glumes, Lemma coriaceous, firmer or thicker in texture than the glumes, Lemma becoming indurate, enclosing palea and caryopsis, Lemma 3 nerved, Lemma 5-7 nerved, Lemma 8-15 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex truncate, rounded, or obtuse, Lem ma awnless, Lemma margins inrolled, tightly covering palea and caryopsis, Lemma straight, Palea present, well developed, Palea about equal to lemma, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryopsis.
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Type Information
Possible isotype for Panicum olivaceum Hitchc. & Chase
Catalog Number: US 823211
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. von T?rckheim
Year Collected: 1877
Locality: Louis Cultis pr. Cob?n., Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
Elevation (m): 1341 to 1341
Catalog Number: US 823211
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. von T?rckheim
Year Collected: 1877
Locality: Louis Cultis pr. Cob?n., Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
Elevation (m): 1341 to 1341
- Possible isotype: Hitchcock, A. S. & Chase, M. A. 1910. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 15: 225.; Hitchcock, A. S. & Chase, M. A. 1910. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 15: 225, f. 234.
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Holotype for Panicum olivaceum Hitchc. & Chase
Catalog Number: US 823209
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. von T?rckheim
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Cob?n, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
Catalog Number: US 823209
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. von T?rckheim
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Cob?n, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
- Holotype: Hitchcock, A. S. & Chase, M. A. 1910. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 15: 225.; Hitchcock, A. S. & Chase, M. A. 1910. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 15: 225, f. 234.
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Isotype for Panicum villosissimum Nash
Catalog Number: US 743139
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): J. K. Small
Year Collected: 1895
Locality: Ocmulgee River below Macon., Bibb, Georgia, United States, North America
Catalog Number: US 743139
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): J. K. Small
Year Collected: 1895
Locality: Ocmulgee River below Macon., Bibb, Georgia, United States, North America
- Isotype: Nash, G. V. 1896. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 23: 149.
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Isotype for Panicum villosissimum Nash
Catalog Number: US 2383627
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): J. K. Small
Year Collected: 1895
Locality: Ocmulgee River swamp, below Macon., Bibb, Georgia, United States, North America
Catalog Number: US 2383627
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): J. K. Small
Year Collected: 1895
Locality: Ocmulgee River swamp, below Macon., Bibb, Georgia, United States, North America
- Isotype: Nash, G. V. 1896. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 23: 149.
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Holotype for Panicum praecocius Hitchc. & Chase
Catalog Number: US 558686
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): V. H. Chase
Year Collected: 1900
Locality: Near Wady Petra., Stark, Illinois, United States, North America
Catalog Number: US 558686
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): V. H. Chase
Year Collected: 1900
Locality: Near Wady Petra., Stark, Illinois, United States, North America
- Holotype: Hitchcock, A. S. & Chase, M. A. 1906. Rhodora. 8: 206.
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