Megathyrsus maximus
Common names
Guinea grass
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Grasses
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Panicum maximum Jacq.
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Year naturalised
1979
Origin
Africa
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
MEGMAX
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Simon BK, Jacobs SWL. 2003. Megathyrsus, a new generic name for Panicum subgenus Megathyrsus Austrobaileya 6(3): 571–574.