Panicum hygrocharis Steud.

Panicum hygrocharis Steud.

Synonymy

    • =Panicum repentellum Napper

    Distribution

    GR(KK

    Greece (Kriti and Karpathos present)

    Status

    Alien / Established

    Chorology

    [tropical African]

    Life-form

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Agricultural and Ruderal habitats

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

    Notes

    Native to tropical Africa (Egypt to South Africa). Only a single record in Crete (Böhling & Scholz 2003: 61, as Panicum repentellum Napper, with status “probably naturalized”). KK: Kriti, Nom. Irakliou, Ep. Maleviziou, Fodele 35235 N, 24571 E, ruderal on irrigated land, c. 20 m alt., 08.11.1998, Böhling & Scholz 9197 (B).

    Reference:
    Böhling, N. & Scholz, H. 2003: The Gramineae (Poaceae) flora of the Southern Aegean islands (Greece). Checklist, new records, internal distribution. – Ber. Inst. Landschafts- Pflanzenökologie Univ. Hohenheim Beih. 16: 1-88

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