Taxonomy Profile: Panicum virgatum (L)

Panicum virgatum: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Panicum virgatum var. spissum
Linder
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum
L
Panicum virgatum var. cubense
Griseb
Panicum virgatum var. obtusum
Alph Wood
Chasea virgata
L Nieuwl
Eatonia purpurascens
Raf
Ichnanthus glaber
Link ex Steud
Milium virgatum
L Lunell
Panicum buchingeri
E Fourn
Panicum buchingeri
E Fourn ex Hemsl
Panicum coloratum
Walter
Panicum giganteum
Scheele
Panicum glaberrimum
Steud
Panicum ichnanthoides
E Fourn
Panicum kunthii
E Fourn
Panicum pruinosum
Bernh ex Trin
Panicum virgatum ssp. cubense
Griseb Borhidi
Milium virgatum var. elongatum
Vasey Lunell
Panicum virgatum var. breviramosum
Nash
Panicum virgatum var. confertum
Vasey
Panicum virgatum var. diffusum
Vasey
Panicum virgatum var. elongatum
Vasey
Panicum virgatum var. glaucephyllum
Cassidy
Panicum virgatum var. scorteum
Linder
Panicum virgatum var. thyrsiforme
Linder
Common Name(s):
switchgrass []
old switch panic grass []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Panicum virgatum: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Lilianae
monocots |
monocotyledons |
monocotylédones |
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
grasses |
graminées |
Genus : Panicum
panicum |
panicgrass |
Species : Panicum virgatum
switchgrass |
old switch panic grass |
Panicum virgatum Direct Children(s):
Panicum virgatum: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Panicum virgatum
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Panicum virgatum
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Panicum virgatum
Source:
Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009
Acquired:
2009-11-24
Notes:
Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
Reference for:
Panicum virgatum
Source:
Poaceae update
Acquired:
2010-09-01
Notes:
Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
Reference for:
Panicum virgatum
Publication(s):
Panicum virgatum: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Panicum virgatum: Comments