Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, A, 19

Authors:

Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund

Published In: Révision des Graminées 1: 38. 1829. (Apr 1829) (Révis. Gramin.)
Annotation: Kunth cites as the basis of his name:"Panicum serpens: "( Panicum repens Nees ab Esenb. — Panicum pygmaeum Spreng. , excl. syn. Brown.)" He cites the distribution as "Insulae Franciae et ? Borboniae."

Type-Protologue

Locality: "Insulae Franciae et ? Borboniae."

Distribution: Mauritius, Reunion Island (Bourbon)

Note: Based on the description of "Panicum pygmaeum R.Br." as misappl. by Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 312. 1825; and on "Panicum repens L." as misappl. by Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2(1): 171. 1829.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Poales Small
• family:  !!Poaceae Barnhart
• genus:  Panicum L.

Other names for this basionym:

Brachiaria serpens (Kunth) C.E. Hubb.

Echinochloa serpens (Kunth) Voronts.

!Panicum parvifolium var. serpens (Kunth) Baker

Projects: Madagascar

Keywords: IGS, FM