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28. PANICUM Linnaeus 



PANICUM AMBIGUUM Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 3 2 (1835) 

 243; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 61; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1857) 447; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 311; Mez in Perk. Frag. 

 Fl. Philip. (1904) 141; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 355. 

 Urochloa pctspaloides Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 318; Scribn. in Rept. 

 Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 54, t. U, non Beauv. 



Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao and Palawan, Merrill 9590, 

 Phil. PI. 580, 33.3.2, 5369, B. S. 11*511, 27128 Ramos, 31536 Ramos & Edano. 

 Widely scattered in open more or less waste places, old clearings, etc., at 

 low and medium altitudes. Burma to the Mascarene Islands, Malaya and 

 Polynesia. 



PANICUM AMPLEXICAULE Rudge PI. Guian. (1805) 21, t. 27; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 356, Fl. Manila (1912) 92, 



Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 66. 

 Panicum myuros Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 86; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 27; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 



133, non Lam. 

 Panicum polygonatum Llanos Frag. PL Filip. (1851) 41; F.-Vill. & 



Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 30; non Kunth. 

 Panicum acutiglumum Steud. Syn. PI; Glum. 1 (1854) 66. 

 Hymenachne serrulata Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 



(1850) 98, nomen nudum. 



Central Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, Merrill 91*68, Phil. PI. 157, 

 Sp. Blancoanae 967, Elmer 11*561, F. B. 8881 Curran. In open swamps and 

 along swampy margins of lakes and streams at low altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local name: Lagtom (Bik.). 



PANICUM AURITUM Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 305 (inch var. proce- 

 rus Presl); Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 113; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 

 1 (1854) 70; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 456; Nees in Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 172, Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew 

 Miscel. 2 (1850) 97; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 312; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 287; 

 Scribn. in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 46, t. 15; Mez in Perk. 

 Frag. FL Philip. (1904) 142; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 356, Fl. Manila (1912) 92. 



Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Palawan and Mindanao, in most or 

 all islands and provinces. Common in open, rather wet places at low 

 and medium altitudes. India to southern China and Malaya. 



Local name: Mongoto (Sub.). 



PANICUM BREVIFOLIUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 59. 



Panicum ovalifolium Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 4 (1816) 279; Hook, 

 f. FL Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 44. 

 Balabac, Merrill 5386, Phil. PI. 110, B. t S. U2 Mangubat. In thickets, 

 along trails in shaded places, etc., at low altitudes. Tropical Africa and 

 Asia to China and Malaya. 



