Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Panicum dichotomiflorum
falso mijo, pasto varilla, fall panicgrass, fall panicum, spreading witch grass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Panicum
Species
dichotomiflorum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Personal observations Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
- Blake, S. Wikelski, M., Cabrera, F., Guézou, A., Silva, M., Sadeghayobi, E., Yackulik, C. & Jaramillo, P. (2011) Gardeners of Galapagos? Seed dispersal by giant tortoises. Journal of Biogeography (submission): 1-41.
- Cayot, L. J. (1987) Ecology of Giant Tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus)in the Galápagos Islands. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology in the Graduate School of Syracuse University.
- Itow, S. (1987) Comunidades Herbaceas y Ericaceas en las tierras altas de Santa Cruz Islas Galápagos. Pg. 52 - 65. Memorias: Taller sobre investigación Botánica y manejo en Galápagos.
- Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
- Reeder, J.R. Reeder, C.G. (1971) Gramineae. Grass family. in Flora of the Galápagos Islands. 823–892.
- Renvoize, S.A. (1998) Gramíneas de Bolivia. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. i–xxx, 1–644.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Panicum dichotomiflorum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=956. Accessed 1 November 2026.