Genus: Pennisetum Rich.

Sometimes included in: Cenchrus L.

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Chemisquy, M. A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus, and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:107–130. [= Cenchrus L.].
  
• Donadío, S. et al. 2007. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of Pennisetum and Cenchrus (Poaceae-Paniceae) based on the trnL-F, rpl16 chloroplast markers. Taxon 58:392–404. [a paraphyletic genus, with Cenchrus nested within it].
  
• Doust, A. N. & E. A. Kellogg. 2002. Inflorescence diversification in the panicoid "bristle grass" clade (Paniceae, Poaceae): evidence from molecular phylogenies and developmental morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1203–1222. [accepts].
  
• Doust, A. N. et al. 2007. Congruence, conflict, and polyploidization shown by nuclear and chloroplast markers in the monophyletic "bristle clade" (Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 32:531–544. [accepts].
  
• Morrone, O. et al. 2012. Phylogeny of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae): integrating plastid DNA sequences and morphology into a new classification. Cladistics DOI: 10.1111/j.1096–0031.2011.00384.x. [= Cenchrus].
  

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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Amphochaeta Andersson
• (= ) Beckeropsis Fig. & De Not.
• (= ) Catatherophora Steud.
• (= ) Eriochaeta Fig. & De Not.
• (= ) Gymnotrix P. Beauv.
• (=~) Kikuyuochloa H. Scholz
• (= ) Lloydia Delile
• (= ) Loydia Delile, orth. var.
• (= ) Macrochaeta Steud.
• (= ) Penicillaria Willd.
• (= ) Pentastachya Steud., nom. inval.
• (= ) Sericura Hassk.

Check other nomenclature databases for Pennisetum:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Caryopsis (Pennisetum divisum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Disseminule drawings (Pennisetum alopecuroides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Disseminule drawings (Pennisetum clandestinum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Disseminule drawings (Pennisetum macrourum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Disseminule drawings (Pennisetum pedicellatum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Disseminule drawings (Pennisetum polystachion): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Pennisetum alopecuroides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Pennisetum clandestinum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Pennisetum macrourum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Pennisetum pedicellatum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Pennisetum polystachion): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Inflorescence branch (Pennisetum complanatum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Inflorescence branch (Pennisetum latifolium): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Inflorescence branch (Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum alopecuroides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum ciliare): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum ciliare): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum clandestinum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum complanatum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum divisum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum flaccidum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum glaucum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum glaucum): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum latifolium): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum nervosum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum purpureum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum setigerum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Pennisetum setigerum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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