Megathyrsus maximus (Introduced)

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, Austrobaileya 6:572. 2003 (Syn: (=) Panicum hirsutissimum Steud.  (previously associated with 2 accessions); (≡) Panicum maximum Jacq. (basionym); Panicum maximum var. coloratum C. T. White [≡ Megathyrsus maximus var. coloratus]; (=) Panicum maximum var. hirsutissimum (Steud.) Oliv.; Panicum maximum var. pubiglume K. Schum. [≡ Megathyrsus maximus var. pubiglumis]; (=) Panicum maximum var. trichoglume Robyns; (≡) Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R. D. Webster);
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Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula: Aldabra, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Alabama, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Ascension, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Sicilia, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is. as per POWO;

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121211 BRS 260:
Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. request.
Location: GRD College, Coimbatore, Near Airport

it may be Panicum maximum

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Yes. Panicum maximum – Guinea grass

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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae 050413MK01:: for ID : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors.

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Fwd: [efloraofindia:211227] POEACEA ID from Bangladesh SM 189- 5 :  4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)

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Looks like Eragrostis species.

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Panicum sp. most probably p. maximum.?

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Panicum maximum

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ID of the grass from Mohali please : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 2 MB.
Place: Mohali, Punjab
Date: 21/06/17

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Panicum sp.

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Panicum maximum – Guinea grass

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ID of grass species from Mohali : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Date: 21/06/17

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Leaves?

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Will see if I have it.

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This is it. Please check. Attachments (1) – 2 MB.

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A kind of Eragrostis

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Panicum maximum var. pubiglumis (Guinea grass variety with pubescent spikelets). This fodder grass has escaped to the wild as a weed and is now commonly seen in Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab

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Plant ID: 3 high res. images.

Looks like Guinea grass – Panicum maximum – wait for inflorescence for confirmation

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References:
POWO