Introductory
SPECIES: Dichanthelium acuminatum | Woolly Panicum 



ABBREVIATION : 
DICACU

SYNONYMS : 
   Panicum lanuginosum Ell. [15,17,20,21,23,24,36,40,52]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   DIAC2
   DIACA
   DIACD
   DIACI
   DIACL
   DIACL2
   DIACT
   DIACV2
   DIACW


COMMON NAMES : 
   woolly panicum
   tapered rosette grass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of woolly panicum is
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Swartz) Gould & Clark (Poaceae) [4,20,26]. 

The following varieties are generally accepted [20,26]:

D. a. var. acuminatum
D. a. var. densiflorum (Rand & Redfield) Gould & Clark
D. a. var. implicatum (Scribn.) Gould & Clark
D. a. var. lindheimeri (Nash) Gould & Clark
D. a. var. longiligulatum (Nash) Gould & Clark 
D. a. var. thurowii (Scribn. & J. G. Smith) Gould & Clark 
D. a. var. villosum (Gray) Gould & Clark
D. a. var. wrightianum (Scribn.) Gould & Clark 

The above taxa have received many treatments.  In 1910, Hitchcock and
Chase placed some Panicum species into the subgenus Dichanthelium, which
was elevated to generic status by Gould in 1974.  Gould and Clark
extensively revised Dichanthelium in 1978 [20].  Freckmann produced a
revision in 1981, reassigning some of the above D. acuminatum varieties
to species level [15].  This writeup will follow the treatment of Gould
and Clark [20].


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Roberta A. Walsh, January 1995


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Walsh, Roberta A. 1995. Dichanthelium acuminatum. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Dichanthelium acuminatum | Woolly Panicum