Taxon:  Panicum miliaceum L. subsp. miliaceum (Panicum miliaceum Proso Millet Group)



Summary
Genus:
Panicum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Panicinae
Nomen number:
26567
Comment:
or Panicum miliaceum Proso Millet Group
Verified:
09/24/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1586 (720  active, 704  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Panicum miliaceum L. (7 active accession[s])
Panicum miliaceum L. subsp. ruderale (Kitag.) Tzvelev (2 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Panicum miliaceum L. var. miliaceum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum miliaceum L. var. aureum Alef.
Panicum miliaceum L. var. coccineum V. M. Arnold & Shibaiev.
Panicum miliaceum L. var. flavum Schur
Panicum miliaceum L. var. laetum V. M. Arnold & Shibaiev.
Panicum miliaceum L. var. luteolum V. M. Arnold & Shibaiev.
Panicum miliaceum L. var. sanguineum Alef.
Panicum miliaceum L. var.-gr. contractum Alef.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Crawford, G. W. 2009. Agricultural origins in North China pushed back to the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106:7271-7272.
  3. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  5. 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) 10:115. Note: = Panicum miliaceum Proso Millet Group
  6. Habiyaremye, C. et al. 2017. Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) and its potential for cultivation in the Pacific northwest, U.S.: A review. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 1961. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01961.
  7. Hunt, H. V. et al. 2014. Reticulate evolution in Panicum (Poaceae): the origin of tetraploid broomcorn millet, P. miliaceum. J. Exp. Bot. 65:3165-3175. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru161.
  8. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  9. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  10. Liu, M. et al. 2016. Genetic diversity and population structure of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) cultivars and landraces in China based on microsatellite markers. Int. J. Molec. Sci. 17:370. DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030370.
  11. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  15. Triplett, J. K. et al. 2012. Five nuclear loci resolve the polyploid history of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and relatives. PLoS One 7(6): e38702.
  16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  17. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  18. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:198.
  19. Verloove, F. 2001. A revision of the genus Panicum (Poaceae, Paniceae) in Belgium. Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 71:53-72. Note: it "is a culton taxon that lacks the ability for self-sowing... and thus it is never an invasive"
  20. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Panicum miliaceum, annual, introduced as a cereal crop
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbroom millet  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishbroomcorn millet  1Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:198.
Englishcommon millet  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishhog millet  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishpanic millet  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishproso millet  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchkibi  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmillet commun  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanRispenhirse  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiacheena  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiachin  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesemilho-miúdo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmijo común  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmillo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
2Cultivated    widely cult.Habiyaremye, C. et al. 2017. Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) and its potential for cultivation in the Pacific northwest, U.S.: A review. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 1961. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01961.
4Naturalized    widely natzd. 
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd.)

Reference(s)
  1. Habiyaremye, C. et al. 2017. Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) and its potential for cultivation in the Pacific northwest, U.S.: A review. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 1961. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01961.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Animal foodfodder Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41:198.
Animal foodfodder Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Animal foodfoddernow mostly as birdseedTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Human foodcereal Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Human foodcereal Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
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=26567. Accessed 12 May 2026.