Taxon:  Panicum sumatrense Roth subsp. psilopodium (Trin.) de Wet



Summary
Genus:
Panicum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Panicinae
Nomen number:
509214
Place of publication:
J. Agric. Trop. Bot. Appl. 30:159.  1983
Comment:
verified from original literature
Verified:
11/08/2023 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Panicum sumatrense Roth (211 active accession[s])
Panicum sumatrense Roth subsp. sumatrense (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
  3. de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1983. Systematics and domestication of Panicum sumatrense (Graminae). J. d'Agric. Trad. Bot. Appl. 30-2:159-168. Note: as Panicum sumatrense subsp. psilopodium (Trin.) de Wet is proposed as progenitor of cultivated P. sumatrense subsp. sumatrense; subspecies psilopodium is self-pollinated, and hybridizes with P. sumatrense in sympatry; P. sumatrense subsp. psilopodium is an aggressive colonizer wild and weedy forms resemble the crop
  4. Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
  5. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  6. Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  7. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  8. Singh, A. K. 2017. Chapter 4. Cereals. In: Singh, A. K., Wild relatives of cultivated plants in India 41-52. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5116-6_4.
  9. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:206. Note: commented that morphologic characters between the crop Panicum sumatrense and P. psilopodium are inconsistent, therefore the latter is synonimyzed in P. sumatrense
  10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: includes Panicum psilopodium in synonymy of P. sumatrense; commented that has some morphological differences with the crop, although existence of intermediate forms makes species limits difficult
  11. Zuloaga, F. O. 2022. A revision of Panicum sect. Dichotomiflora (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 10:325-364. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2022.102.1048. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions Note: as Panicum psilopodium
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Singh, A. K. 2017. Chapter 4. Cereals. In: Singh, A. K., Wild relatives of cultivated plants in India 41-52. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5116-6_4.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan s.Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1983. Systematics and domestication of Panicum sumatrense (Graminae). J. d'Agric. Trad. Bot. Appl. 30-2:159-168. Note: as Panicum sumatrense subsp. psilopodium (Trin.) de Wet is proposed as progenitor of cultivated P. sumatrense subsp. sumatrense; subspecies psilopodium is self-pollinated, and hybridizes with P. sumatrense in sympatry; P. sumatrense subsp. psilopodium is an aggressive colonizer wild and weedy forms resemble the crop
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1983. Systematics and domestication of Panicum sumatrense (Graminae). J. d'Agric. Trad. Bot. Appl. 30-2:159-168. Note: as Panicum sumatrense subsp. psilopodium (Trin.) de Wet is proposed as progenitor of cultivated P. sumatrense subsp. sumatrense; subspecies psilopodium is self-pollinated, and hybridizes with P. sumatrense in sympatry; P. sumatrense subsp. psilopodium is an aggressive colonizer wild and weedy forms resemble the crop
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Zuloaga, F. O. 2022. A revision of Panicum sect. Dichotomiflora (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 10:325-364. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2022.102.1048. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1983. Systematics and domestication of Panicum sumatrense (Graminae). J. d'Agric. Trad. Bot. Appl. 30-2:159-168. Note: as Panicum sumatrense subsp. psilopodium (Trin.) de Wet is proposed as progenitor of cultivated P. sumatrense subsp. sumatrense; subspecies psilopodium is self-pollinated, and hybridizes with P. sumatrense in sympatry; P. sumatrense subsp. psilopodium is an aggressive colonizer wild and weedy forms resemble the crop
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:206. Note: commented that morphologic characters between the crop Panicum sumatrense and P. psilopodium are inconsistent, therefore the latter is synonimyzed in P. sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan (s.)
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
  3. de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1983. Systematics and domestication of Panicum sumatrense (Graminae). J. d'Agric. Trad. Bot. Appl. 30-2:159-168. Note: as Panicum sumatrense subsp. psilopodium (Trin.) de Wet is proposed as progenitor of cultivated P. sumatrense subsp. sumatrense; subspecies psilopodium is self-pollinated, and hybridizes with P. sumatrense in sympatry; P. sumatrense subsp. psilopodium is an aggressive colonizer wild and weedy forms resemble the crop
  4. Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:153. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
  5. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  6. Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  7. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: as Panicum psilopodium
  8. Singh, A. K. 2017. Chapter 4. Cereals. In: Singh, A. K., Wild relatives of cultivated plants in India 41-52. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5116-6_4.
  9. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:206. Note: commented that morphologic characters between the crop Panicum sumatrense and P. psilopodium are inconsistent, therefore the latter is synonimyzed in P. sumatrense
  10. Zuloaga, F. O. 2022. A revision of Panicum sect. Dichotomiflora (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 10:325-364. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2022.102.1048. Note: as Panicum sumatrense
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=509214. Accessed 27 April 2026.