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Panicum L.

Taxa in New Jersey

Twelve species, 8 varieties, and 1 subspecies in New Jersey. In total, 16 taxa in genus Panicum in the state.

Synonyms are shown in square brackets.

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Subgenus Panicum

Section Panicum [Capillaria Hitchc. & Chase]

• Panicum capillare L. — Common Panic Grass
  • [Panicum capillare var. occidentale Rydb.]
• Panicum flexile (Gatt.) Scribn. — Wiry Panic Grass
  • [Panicum capillare L. var. flexile Gatt.]
• Panicum gattingeri Nash — Gattinger's Panic Grass
  • [Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. ssp. gattingeri (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong]
  • [Panicum capillare L. var. campestre Gatt.]
• Panicum miliaceum L. ssp. miliaceum — Hog-millet
• Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. ex Trin. — Philadelphia Panic Grass
  • [Panicum tuckermani Fernald]
  • [Panicum philadelphicum var. tuckermanii (Fernald) Steyerm. & Schmoll]

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Section Dichotomiflorum (Hitchc. & Chase) Honda

• Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. — Fall Panic Grass
  • var. dichotomiflorum
    • [Panicum dichotomiflorum var. genticulatum (Wood) Fernald]
  • var. puritanorum Svenson
    • [Panicum dichotomiflorum var. imperiorum Fernald]

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Section Repentia Stapf [Virgata Hitchc. & Chase]

• Panicum amarum Elliott — Bitter Panic Grass
  • var. amarulum (Hitchc. & Chase) P.G. Palmer
    • [Panicum amarulum Hitchc. & Chase]
    • [Panicum amarulum ssp. (Hitchc. & Chase) Freckmann & Lelong]
  • var. amarum
• Panicum virgatum L. var. virgatum — Switch Grass
  • [Panicum virgatum var. cubense Griseb.]

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Subgenus Agrostoidea (Nash) Zuloaga

Section Agrostoidea (Nash) C.C. Hsu

• Panicum anceps Michx — Beaked Panic Grass
  • [Panicum rhizomatum Hitchc. & Chase]
  • [Panicum anceps var. rhizomatum (Hitchc. & Chase) Fernald]
• Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees — Red-Top Panic Grass
  • var. elongatum (Pursh) Lelong
    • [Panicum agrostoides Spreng. var. elongatum Scribn.]
    • [Panicum elongatum Pursh, non Salisb.]
    • [Panicum stipitatum Nash]
  • var. pubescens (Vasey) LeLong
    • [Panicum anceps Michx. var. pubescens Vasey]
    • [Panicum longifolium Torr.]
    • [Panicum longifolium Torr. var. pubescens (Vasey) Fernald]
  • var. rigidulum
    • [Panicum agrostoides Spreng.]
    • [Panicum agrostoides Spreng. var. condensum (Nash) Fernald]
    • [Panicum agrostoides Spreng. var. ramosius (C. Mohr) Fernald]
    • [Panicum condensum Nash]
    • [Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees var. condensum (Nash) Mohlenbrock]

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Subgenus Phanopyrum (Raf.) Pilg.

Section Hemitoma (Hitchc. &Chase) Freckmann & Lelong

• Panicum hemitomon Schultes — Maiden Cane

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Section Verrucosa (Nash) C.C. Hsu

• Panicum verrucosum Muhl. — Warty Panic Grass

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Sources

• Gould, F.W. 1974. Nomenclatural changes in the Poaceae. Brittonia 26:59-60.
• Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1st ed. In: Kartesz, J.T. and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0 (CD-ROM). North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Zuloaga, F.O. 1987. Systematics of New World species of Panicum (Poaceae), p. 287-306. In: T.R. Soderstrom, K.W. Hilu, C.S. Campbell, and M.E. Barkworth (eds.) Grass systematics and evolution. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2008. The PLANTS database. 4 January 2008. <http://plants.usda.gov>.

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