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Taxon:  Panicum schinzii Hack.



Summary
Genus:
Panicum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Panicinae
Nomen number:
405247
Place of publication:
Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30:142. 1888
Verified:
05/10/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 4  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum laevifolium Hack.
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Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  5. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  6. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  7. Howell, C. J. & J. W. D. Sawyer. New Zealand naturalised vascular plant checklist. 2006
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
  10. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:204.
  11. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
Common names
English
land grass –
Transvaal millet –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
Native
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:204.
Weed  CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=405247. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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