Species Panicum coloratum
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Panicum:
Name from the Latin panis, bread.
Etymology of coloratum:
From the Latin ‘colorata’ / ‘coloratus’ meaning ‘coloured’
Scientific name:
Panicum coloratum L.
Common names:
Witbuffelgras
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Mant. Pl. 1: 30 (1767)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1767
Perennial to 1 m. Leaves linear, sometimes tubercled-hairy. Spikelets distant in an open panicle with spreading branches, 2.5--3 mm long, lower lemma 7--9-nerved. Oct.--May. Damp places, SW, SE (Cape Peninsula to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Panicum coloratum
Locality:
Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown