Botanical Article Bibliographic Records
HI Number 152951
Author: Vilmorin, Pierre Louis François Levêque
Coauthors:
Title: Sur l'herbe de Guinée ou panis très-élevé (panicum altissimum).
MLP no: 3942
BPH Series Abbreviation:
Cultivateur (Paris)
Citation: [15](4): 199-200. 1839 [April]
Year(s):
1839
Note: From Bon Jardinier, 1839. Vilmorin mentions the difficulty in acclimatizing the plant in France. The first person to do so successfully was M. le Comte Mosbourg, near Cahors. Method of propagation mentioned. The name Guinea-grass, had been wrongly applied to panicum virginatum and coloratum.