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Genus: Panicum
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> Family: Poaceae
There are about 470 species worldwide (tropical,
subtropical and warm temperate regions) of which 62 are native to
southern Africa.
Panicum miliaceum (Common
millet) is a domesticated species originating from Central Asia that
is grown to a limited extent in southern Africa and which has become
naturalised as well.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Panicum aequinerve
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Panicum arbusculum
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Panicum arcurameum
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Panicum atrosanguineum
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Panicum bechuanense
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Panicum brazzavillense
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum brevifolium
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum chambeshii
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum coloratum
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Panicum comorense
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Panicum deustum
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Panicum dewinteri
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Panicum dregeanum
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Panicum ecklonii
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Panicum eickii
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum fluviicola
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Panicum funaense
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Panicum genuflexum
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Panicum gilvum
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Panicum glandulopaniculatum
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Panicum gracilicaule
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum graniflorum |
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Panicum haplocaulos
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum heterostachyum
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Panicum hymeniochilum
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Panicum impeditum
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Panicum inaequilatum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum infestum
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Panicum kalaharense
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Panicum kasumense
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum lanipes
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Panicum laticomum |
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Panicum madipirense
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Panicum maximum
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Panicum melanospermum
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Panicum merkeri
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum minus
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Panicum monticola
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Panicum natalense
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Panicum nervatum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum novemnerve
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Panicum parvifolium
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Panicum peteri
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum phragmitoides
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum pilgerianum
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Panicum poaeoides
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum porphyrrhizos
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Panicum repens
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Panicum repentellum
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Panicum sabiense
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum sancta-luciense |
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Panicum schinzii
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Panicum simulans |
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Panicum stapfianum
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Panicum subalbidum
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Panicum subflabellatum
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Panicum trichocladum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum trichoides
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum trichonode
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Panicum wiehei
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum zambesiense
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Panicum volutans |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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