Megathyrsus maximus

TaxID: 59788

Basic Information

Megathyrsus maximus

Guinea grass, Guineagrass

Megathyrsus maximus, known as Guinea grass and green panic grass, is a large perennial bunch grass that is native to Africa and Yemen. It has been introduced in the tropics around the world. It has previously been called Urochloa maxima and Panicum maximum. It was moved to the genus Megathyrsus in 2003.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Megathyrsus

maximus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Megathyrsus maximus
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(c) Leticia@BY-NC
Megathyrsus maximus
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(c) 張哲綸@BY-NC
Megathyrsus maximus
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(c) lecanorchis@BY-NC
Megathyrsus maximus
c
(c) lecanorchis@BY-NC
Megathyrsus maximus
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(c) unknown@CC0

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Jordan A1 list 2013
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (106 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

106
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Angola Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Bermuda Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (6 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR9651109 Leaf - - 19038516 Australia
SRR9651108 Leaf - - 15316457 Australia
SRR9651107 Leaf - - 17868345 Australia
SRR37043312 - - - 19363564 missing
SRR37043311 - - - 13690962 missing
SRR37043310 - - - 49395925 missing

DNA Barcodes (64 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
UHURU679-14 - rbcLa 484 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU679-14 - ITS 297 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU678-14 - trnL-F 584 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU678-14 - rbcLa 484 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU678-14 - ITS 297 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU677-14 - trnL-F 555 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU677-14 - rbcLa 509 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU677-14 - ITS 296 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU676-14 - trnL-F 567 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
UHURU676-14 - rbcLa 495 Kenya 2013-08-17 0.293, 36.898
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Literature