Panicum L.
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Authority
Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Inflorescence paniculate (rarely racemose); spikelets pedicellate, biconvex; first glume present ; sterile lemma usually inclosing a hyaline palea, sometimes a staminate flower ; fruit chartaceous-indurate, the margins of the lemma inrolled.