Summary. Two new species are described from Madagascar: Panicum crystallinum Judz. & Voronts. and Panicum inconspicuum Voronts. These are accepted in the genus Panicum pending further work. A key to the 18 species of Malagasy Panicum s.l. with spikelets shorter than 2 mm is provided.
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Acknowledgements
Emmet Judziewicz (UWSP) has generously shared his unpublished work and identified and recurated large volumes of Madagascar Poaceae material at P, making this publication possible. A Synthesys grant FR-TAF-2694, a National Geographic Society Global Exploration Fund — Northern Europe grant GEFNE10-11, a visiting Professorship at P, and funding from K have supported travel and subsistence at P. Franck Rakotonasolo and Jacqueline Razanatsoa have provided assistance at TAN. Thomas Haevermans, Peter Phillipson, and Caroline Loup have provided assistance at P. Steve Renvoize (K) and Fernando Zuloaga (SI) have provided useful advice.
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Vorontsova, M.S. Two new species of Panicum sensu lato (Poaceae: Panicoideae) from Madagascar. Kew Bull 69, 9511 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-014-9511-3
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