Panicum maximum Jacq.

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Caprivi records: View all records (95)

Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number    No of images    Record date    Recorder(s)    Coll.    Det.    Conf.    Herbaria    Habitat    Location    Loc code(s)    Outing code    Planted code    Country    QDS    Grid ref.    FZ Div    Alt. (m)    Notes    Lat    Long    Loc Acc Code   
9182302 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed riverine fringeAt compound of Zambezi Nightclub/Restaurant, Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A4 938-17.48282024.2526007
9325605 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes
1953
MM Hochobes
WIND

Occasional. Woodland. Growing in seasonally waterlogged plain in calcrete soil. Full sun. Roadside.Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 1012Erect grass, 1 m high. Stem thick, 1 cm in diameter, hairy at the nodes. Inflorescence paniculate, first row of the inflorescence whorled, other alternately arranged. Spikelets purplish.-17.93305622.6686115
9526907 Oct 1988CJ Ward
CJH Hines
CJ Ward
10361
MM Uiras
WIND

Caprivi: Kavango River: Andara.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 1015grass; Notes: Vegetation type: hygrophilous open herbs. Soil: sand (alluvial). Exposure: full sun. Slope: level. Plant features: early colonizer; stem and sheath purple. Common.2
9468609 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
190
WIND

Caprivi: Near Ngoma. In Terminalia sericea woodland.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0Graminoid; Notes: Perennial grass, up to 1.5 m when in flower. Culm slender, mostly erect, bright green, canaliculate, glabrous. Leaf blade ca. 20 x 2 cm, soft and tender, bright green with scattered white adpressed indumentum. Ligule with dense, white indumentum. Leaf sheath with very dense long white indumentum especially conspicuous along margin, somewhat imbricate. Inflorescence an open panicle, 30 cm long. Borne on slender, glabrous peduncle, 2 mm long, ovoid, glabrous; stalks slender, twisted. In Terminalia sericea woodland.-17.87500024.6250004
93851014 Feb 1969B de Winter
B de Winter
9167
WIND

Caprivi: 40 miles south-west of Katima Mulilo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D4 0Graminoid; Notes: Annual with soft stem and leaves and woolly inflorescence. Common in sandy areas in most of the Caprivi. Altitude: 1000 - 1500 feet.-17.87500023.8750005

Total records found: 5



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Panicum maximum.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=106340, retrieved 8 April 2025

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