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Taxon:  Panicum turgidum Forssk.



Summary
Genus:
Panicum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Nomen number:
26650
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 18. 1775
Verified:
05/10/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Anthelme, F. et al. 2007. Possitive associations involving the tussock grass Panicum turgidum Forssk. in the Air-Ténéré Reserve, Niger. J. Arid Environm. 68:348-362.
  3. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt checklist. 1995
  4. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Panicum+turgidum&quantity=1
  7. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  8. Migahid, A. M. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. 1988-1990
  9. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  10. Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. 2009 http://www.unesco.org/new/uploads/media/Plant_Species_Checklist_of_Qatar.pdf
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  12. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007 http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
  13. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  14. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  15. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  16. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  17. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
  18. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
desert grass –
Arabic
thamam –
Transliterated Arabic
markuba –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaBahrain  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Niger
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran (s.), Iraq (s.), ******, Jordan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
Animal food


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