any of nearly 600 species of forage and cereal grasses in the genus Panicum (family Poaceae), distributed throughout tropical and warm temperate ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/12
Pan'i·cum noun [ Latin , panic grass.] (Botany) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/13
Panicum is a genus of grasses, mostly natives of the tropics, but a few species are hardy including the native British species Panicum glabrum and Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BP.HTM