Megathyrsus maximus

Family:POACEAE
Species:Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs
Common Name:Guinea Grass; Guinea Liverseed Grass
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Megathyrsus
Species Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs - Guinea Grass; Guinea Liverseed Grass

Citation

Citation Megathyrsus maximus (Jacquin) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs, Austrobaileya 6(3): 572. 2003.
Basionym: Panicum maximum Jacq. 1781.
Type: GUADELOUPE: Without data (lectotype: W). Lectotypified by Hitchcock & Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 15: 78. 1910.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Panicum maximum Panicum maximum Jacquin, Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 2, t. 13. 1781. GUADELOUPE: Without data (lectotype: W). Lectotypified by Hitchcock & Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 15: 78. 1910.
Urochloa maxima Urochloa maxima (Jacq.)R.D.Webster, Austral. Paniceae 241. 1987.Panicum maximum Jacquin 1781. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00005215 s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Panicum maximum Jacq.
UWAL0035565 Mobile 25 Aug 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3499
UWAL
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacquin) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs
ALNHS00004162 Mobile 25 Aug 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2589
ALNHS
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs
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