Urochloa panicoidesP.Beauv.

panic liverseed grass

WFO wfo-0000906872 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Urochloa panicoides, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. a Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-09-02 / obs. 93122832
Urochloa panicoides, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. b CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44708614
Urochloa panicoides, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. c Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93122843
Urochloa panicoides, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. d CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44708277
Urochloa panicoides, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. e Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93122856
Urochloa panicoides, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. f CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44708667
Urochloa panicoides, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. g Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93122871
Urochloa panicoides, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. h Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93122885

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Native range 45 botanical countries

Regions where Urochloa panicoides is native: Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, Iran, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, West Himalaya BotswanaBurundiCape ProvincesChadDR CongoEgyptEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralIranOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaYemenBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanSri LankaVietnamWest Himalaya MauritiusRéunionAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Urochloa panicoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Burundi BUR
Cape Provinces CPP
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Réunion REU
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 43 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Echinochloa hirta (B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.) Schult.
  • Hemigymnia javanica (Poir.) Alston
  • Oplismenus hirsutus Schult.
  • Oplismenus hirtus B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Oplismenus javanicus (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Panicum borzianum Mattei
  • Panicum controversum Steud.
  • Panicum helopus Trin.
  • Panicum helopus f. glabrescens K.Schum.
  • Panicum helopus var. glabrescens (K.Schum.) Stapf
  • Panicum hirsutum J.Koenig ex Roxb.
  • Panicum hirtum (B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.) Roth
  • Panicum hochstetterianum A.Rich.
  • Panicum japonicum Kunth
  • Panicum javanicum Poir.
  • Panicum koenigii Spreng.
  • Panicum marathense Henrard
  • Panicum oxycephalum Peter
  • Panicum panicoides (P.Beauv.) Hitchc.
  • Panicum rothii Spreng.
  • Panicum setarioides Peter
  • Panicum trichopus subsp. breviglume Chiov.
  • Panicum trichopus var. glaberrimum Chiov.
  • Panicum trichopus var. trichophorum Chiov.

and 19 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.