Panicum maximum
Yerba de Guinea / Guinea grass


Panicum maximum
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
Naturalized at Piñones State Forest, Loíza, Puerto Rico Enlarge

Família/Family: Poaceae

Grupo/Group: Monocotiledón/Monocotyledon.

Forma de vida/Life form: Hierba/Herb

Duración de vida/Lifespan: Perenne/Perennial.

Sustrato/Substrate: Terrestre/Terrestrial.

Distribución nativa/Native range: Nativa del Viejo Mundo (suroeste de Asia [Yemen], islas del Océano Índico [Mauricio, Madagascar], África). / Native to the Old World (southwestern Asia [Yemen], Indian Ocean islands [Mauritius, Madagascar], Africa).

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ESTATUS EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO/STATUS ON THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO
Presencia/Occurence: Presente/Present.

Origen/Origin: No nativo, naturalizado/Not native, naturalized.

TAXONOMÍA/TAXONOMY
Nombre científico con autores/Scientific name with authors: Panicum maximum Jacq.

Sinónimos/Synonyms: Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K. Simon & S.W.L. Jacobs, Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D. Webster.
Tenemos datos para Panicum maximum en las siguientes 7 áreas de conservación:
We have data for Panicum maximum for the following 7 conservation areas:
Presencia/Occurence: Origen/Origin:
Bahía de Jobos, Reserva Nacional de Investigación Estuarina/Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
El Yunque, Bosque Nacional/National Forest Present Not Native, Naturalized
Guánica, Bosque Estatal/State Forest Present Not Native, Naturalized
Piñones, Bosque Estatal/State Forest Present Native
Punta Guaniquilla, Reserva Natural/Natural Reserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Río Abajo, Bosque Estatal/State Forest Reported
Susúa, Bosque Estatal/State Forest Present Not Native, Naturalized


Elevaciones/Elevations:
Elevaciones Bajas: < 500 m / Low Elevations: < 500 m
Elevaciones Medias: 500-1000 m / Middle elevations: 500-1000 m
Elevaciones Altas: > 1000 m / High elevations: > 1000 m


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Panicum maximum
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
Naturalized at Piñones State Forest, Loíza, Puerto Rico Enlarge
Panicum maximum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Panicum maximum
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2017
Naturalized in southern Brazil
Panicum maximum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Panicum maximum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Miramar Pineland Natural Area,
Broward County, Florida