African Plant Database


Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.
Family : POACEAE
Protologue : Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 41 (1903)
Information on the genus : Pennisetum
 
 
Status
Status for MA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
Status for NA : rejected (weed), is synonym of : Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
Status for SA : rejected (naturalised-introduced), is synonym of : Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
Status for TA : rejected (indigenous), is synonym of : Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex Chiov.) H.Scholz (2006)
 Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone (2010)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Pennisetum inclusum Pilg.
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Graminoid- Ht up to 1.2 m. Alt: 100 - 1700 m. Distribution: NAM, EC, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, WC, SWZ

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Fl. Trop. E. Africa Graminae[3]: 675 (1982).

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • MAIRE, R. (1952). FLORE DE L'AFRIQUE DU NORD. Lechevalier éd., Paris, [p.335]
  • PERRIN DE BRICHAMBAUT, G. & C. SAUVAGE (1954). Notes agrostologiques. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 34: [235-254]
  • HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: [1-295]
  • BOULOS, L. (2005). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 4] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.312]
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
Map
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