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Panicum virgatum L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 59 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000886863.

Synonyms of Panicum virgatum L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Chasea virgata (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 64 (1911) wfo-0000859185
Eatonia purpurascens Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 104 (1819) wfo-0000865186
Ichnanthus glaber Link ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 94 (1854) wfo-0000875481
Milium virgatum (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 212 (1915) wfo-0000880204
Milium virgatum var. elongatum (Vasey) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 212 (1915) wfo-0000880205
Panicum buchingeri E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 30 (1886) wfo-0000883337
Panicum coloratum F.Muell. Fragm. (Mueller) 8(67): 192. 1874 [Jul 1874] wfo-0000883573
Panicum giganteum Scheele Linnaea 22: 340 (1849) wfo-0000884297
Panicum glaberrimum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 94 (1854) wfo-0000884305
Panicum ichnanthoides E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 30 (1886) wfo-0000884595
Panicum kunthii E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 29 (1886) wfo-0000884796
Panicum pruinosum Bernh. ex Trin. Gram. Panic. : 191 (1826) wfo-0000885903
Panicum virgatum subsp. cubense (Griseb.) Borhidi Bot. Közlem. 58: 175 (1971) wfo-0000886865
Panicum virgatum var. breviramosum Nash Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 150 (1896) wfo-0000886866
Panicum virgatum var. confertum Vasey Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 26 (1886) wfo-0000886867
Panicum virgatum var. cubense Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. : 233 (1866) wfo-0000886868
Panicum virgatum var. diffusum Vasey Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 26 (1886) wfo-0000886869
Panicum virgatum var. elongatum Vasey Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 26 (1886) wfo-0000886870
Panicum virgatum var. glauciphyllum Cassidy Bull. Colorado Agric. Exp. Sta. 12: 29 (1890) wfo-0000886873
Panicum virgatum var. obtusum Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 392 (1871) wfo-0000886875
Panicum virgatum var. scorteum H.P.Linder Rhodora 24: 14 (1922) wfo-0000886877
Panicum virgatum var. spissum H.P.Linder Rhodora 24: 15 (1922) wfo-0000886878
Panicum virgatum var. thyrsiforme H.P.Linder Rhodora 24: 14 (1922) wfo-0000886879
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum wfo-0001096498