Pennisetum

Pennisetum
Pennisetum polystachion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Cenchrinae
Genus: Pennisetum
Rich.[1]
Type species
Pennisetum typhoideum[2]
Rich.[3][4]
Synonyms[2]
  • Penicillaria Willd.
  • Gymnotrix P.Beauv.
  • Catatherophora Steud.
  • Sericura Hassk.
  • Lloydia Delile [1844, illegitimate homonym not Salisb. ex Rchb. 1830 (syn. of Gagea in Liliaceae)]
  • Beckeropsis Fig. & De Not.
  • Eriochaeta Fig. & De Not.
  • Amphochaeta Andersson
  • Kikuyuochloa H.Scholz

Pennisetum /ˌpɛnɪˈsiːtəm/[5] is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses (fountain grasses).[6][7][8][9] Pennisetum is considered a synonym of Cenchrus in Kew's Plants of the World Online.[10]

  1. ^ Richard, Louis Claude Marie 1805. in Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik, Synopsis plantarum,seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum, page 72 in Latin
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ lectotype designated by Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 210 (1921)
  4. ^ Tropicos, Pennisetum Rich.
  5. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. 606–07.
  6. ^ Pennisetum. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  7. ^ Pennisetum. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
  8. ^ Pennisetum. USDA PLANTS.
  9. ^ Identified gaps for Pennisetum genepool. Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Crop Wild Relatives. CIAT.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference powo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).