Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name with Basionym Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, A, 19

Authors:

Thunberg, Carl Peter

Published In: Flora Japonica . . . 46. 1784. (Fl. Jap.)
Annotation: Note in IGS: "Alopecurus hordeiformis Linn." cited by Thunb., but Thunberg's concept here was heterogeneous, p.p. var. gama based on material described from Nagasaki, Japan, while the other two vars. were based on South African material, probably Cenchrus macrourus.

Type-Protologue

Note: 3 unnamed vars. a Cape of Good Hope (probably Cenchrus macrourus) b Cape of Good Hope (probably Cenchrus macrourus) g Japan & India (Japan voucher basis of Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb.)

Basionym:

!Alopecurus hordeiformis L. 

New Name:

Pennisetum thunbergii Kunth 

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:  Panicum L.

Other names with  !Alopecurus hordeiformis L.  as basionym:

*Cenchrus hordeiformis (L.) Pers.

Gymnotrix hordeiformis (L.) Nees

Pennisetum hordeiforme (L.) Spreng.

Projects: New World Grasses

Keywords: IGS, AFRI