Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, A, 19

Authors:

Schumacher, Heinrich Christian Friedrich

Published In: Beskrivelse af Guineeiske Planter 44. 1827. (Beskr. Guin. Pl.)
Annotation: also in Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. 3: 64 (1828)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Africa: Ghana: Guinea

Collector and Number: Thonning 355

Institution(s): HT: C; IT: BM

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Poales Small
• family:  !!Poaceae Barnhart
• genus:  Pennisetum Rich.

Other names for this basionym:

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , China , Costa Rica , Ecuador , IPCN , Madagascar , Mesoamericana , New World Grasses , Nicaragua , Nimba , Panama , PAPGI , Peru

Common Names:

• Elephant Grass (English, India)
  • Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–xviii, 1–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
• gigante (Spanish)
  • Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
• Napier grass (English, United States)
  • Hitchcock, A. S. 1951. Man. Grasses U.S. (ed. 2) 1–1051. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
• xiang cao
  • No References available
• zaacate elefante (Spanish)
  • Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.

Keywords: AFRI, AGF, BOL, BRM1, CEC, FCC, FTEA, FVG, gd, GPR, IGS, PBRZ, FNA