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Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.
Family : POACEAE
Protologue : Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 1: 195 (1810)
Information on the genus : Pennisetum
Basionym : Panicum glaucum L.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav.
Status for NA : rejected (weed), is synonym of : Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav.
Status for SA : rejected (cultivated), is synonym of : Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav.
Status for TA : rejected (cultivated), is synonym of : Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav.
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Setaria glauca (L.) P.Beauv. (1812)
 Panicum glaucum L. (1753)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Pennisetum albicauda Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke
=Panicum americanum L.
=Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke subsp. americanum
=*Pennisetum americanum (L.) K.Schum. (1895)
=Pennisetum echinurus (K.Schum.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
=Pennisetum spicatum var. echinurus K.Schum.
=Pennisetum nigritarum (Schltdl.) T.Durand & Schinz
=Penicillaria nigritana Schltdl. (1852)
=Alopecurus typhoides Burm.f.
=Pennisetum typhoides (Burm.f.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum pycnostachyum (Steud.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
=Cenchrus pycnostachyus Steud. (1854)
=Penicillaria deflexa Andersson ex A.Br. & Bouché (1855)
=Pennisetum malacochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum ancylochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum cinereum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum gambiense Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum gibbosum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=Pennisetum maiwa Stapf & C.E.Hubb. (1933)
=*Panicum lutescens Weigel (1772)
=Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Körn.
=Holcus spicatus L. (1759)
=Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav. (1802)
=Penicillaria spicata (L.) Willd. (1809)
=Pennisetum americanum subsp. spicatum (L.) Maire & Weiller (1952)
=Pennisetum americanum subsp. typhoideum (Rich.) Maire & Weiller (1952)
=Penicillaria nubica A.Braun (1861)
=Pennisetum spicatum var. nubicum (A.Braun) T.Durand & Schinz (1894)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : annual-Graminoid- Ht up to 3 m. Alt: 5 - 1200 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, GA, KN, LP, MP

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Fl. Trop. E. Africa Graminae[3]: 672 (1982).
  • Food plants of Zimbabwe : 26 (1986).
  • Fl. Zambes. 10[3]: 180 (1989).

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • BOULOS, L. (1995). Flora of Egypt. Checklist. Al-Hadara Publishing, Cairo. 283 p. [p.]
  • BOULOS, L. (2005). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 4] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.312]

Bibliography other :
  • Willdenowia 42: 78 (2012)
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under Fgui
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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Record n°53064
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