Panicum

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Panicum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Panicum (old Latin name of Italian millet, Setaria itálica). Gramineae. Annual or perennial grasses with usually flat blades and paniculate inflorescence. Spikelets with 1 terminal perfect floret and below this a second floret which may be staminate, neutral or reduced to the sterile lemma; fertile lemma characterized by being of a much firmer texture.—An immense genus of grasses scattered over the world, especially in the tropics. Several hundred species have been described, while conservative authorities place the number at about 300. Their importance as forage grasses is very insignificant when the number of species is taken into consideration. This is largely from the fact that the species, as a rule, are not gregarious, and to the fact that they are not well represented in the meadows and prairies of temperate and northern regions. Guinea-grass and para-grass are, however, important forage grasses of the warmer regions. P. atrosanguineum of lists is apparently Pennisetum Ruppellii.—P. Crus-galli-Echino-chlos. — P. frumentaceum- Echinochlos.— P. germanicum-Setaria,—P. variegatum-Oplismenus. Burmannii. A.S. Hitchcock. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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