Taxon:
Panicum coloratum L. var. coloratum
Summary
Verified:
05/14/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
- Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
- Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
- Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
- Ferri, C. M. 2011. The seasonal and inter-annual patterns of biomass accumulation and crude protein in kleingrass (Panicum coloratum) in the semiarid Pampean region of Argentina. Ci. & Invest. Agrar. 38:191-198.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Panicum+coloratum+var.+coloratum&quantity=1
- Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
- Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. URL: http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf Note: = Panicum coloratum
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- Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 Note: = Panicum coloratum
- Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun
- Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. URL: http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php
Common names
English
colored Guinea grass – Klein grass – white buffalo grass – French
hijé – German
buntes Guineagras – Portuguese
capim-macaricam – Spanish
pasto colorado –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Australasia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |
Animal food | forage | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |
Environmental | revegetator | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | including 'Bushman Mine' | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous |