Taxon: Pennisetum nervosum (Nees) Trin.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• bent-spike fountain grass   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Nicaragua
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay; Uruguay

• naturalized elsewhere, including s. United States (California & Texas)

References:

• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
• Renvoize, S. A. 1984. The grasses of Bahia.
• Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia.
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pennisetum nervosum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pennisetum nervosum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Pennisetum nervosum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Gymnotrix nervosa Nees (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Pennisetum nervosum (Nees) Trin.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Spikelets and/or florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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