Pennisetum
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Taxonavigation
edit| Taxonavigation: Poales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Genus: Pennisetum
This genus is now accepted as a synonym of Cenchrus sensu Chemisquy et al. (2010), however, some combinations are comb. ined. for Cenchrus
Species:
P. subangustum
Note: Pennisetum subangustum is accepted as a synonym of Cenchrus setosus subsp. setosus autonym along with a number of other combinations, however to date there are no other subspecies for Cenchrus setosus (Govaerts et al., 2022). Therefore, retained here pending further work.
Species Cenchrus comb. ined.: P. bambusiforme – P. beckeroides – P. exiguum – P. humile – P. ledermannii – P. preslii – P. pumilum – P. uliginosum
Name
editPennisetum Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72. (1805)
- Type species: Pennisetum typhoideum Rich. (1805) = Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) n.s., 106(1): 127. (2010)
References
edit- Chemisquy, M.A., Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A., Kellogg, E.A. & Morrone, O. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany 106(1): 107–130. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq090
Reference page. - Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pennisetum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 3. Reference page.
Vernacular names
editsuomi: Sulkahirssit
