Name:		Pennisetum Rich. ex Pers., (1805) [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Beckeropsis Figari & De Not.
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Gramineae Juss. [Family] Cyperales [Order] Liliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. Pennisetum alopecuros J. Jacq. Pennisetum alopecuros Steud. Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum ancylochaete Stapf & C.E. Hubb. Pennisetum bambusiforme (Poiret) Hemsl. Pennisetum benthamii Steud. Pennisetum catabasis Stapf & C.E. Hubbard Pennisetum cenchroides A. Rich. Pennisetum chilense (Desv.) Jackson Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. Pennisetum compressum R. Br. Pennisetum dichotomum Delile Pennisetum distachyum (Fourn.) Rupr. Pennisetum divisum (Forsk. ex F. Gmel.) Henrard Pennisetum fasciculatum Trin. Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb. Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb. ex Roshev. Pennisetum glabrum Steud. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. Pennisetum gracile Benth. Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud. Pennisetum hordeoides (Lam.) Steud. Pennisetum lanatum Klotzsch Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C.E. Hubbard Pennisetum macrourum Trin. Pennisetum mezianum Leeke Pennisetum mutilatum Kuntze Pennisetum orientale Link Pennisetum orientale Rich. Pennisetum parisii Trab. Pennisetum parviflorum Trin. Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. Pennisetum pentastachyum Hochst. ex A. Rich. Pennisetum peruvianum Trin. Pennisetum polystachyum Schult. Pennisetum preslii Steud. Pennisetum proximum Leeke Pennisetum purpurephoides Pennisetum purpureum Schum. Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf. Pennisetum ruppellii Steud. Pennisetum salifex Stapf & C.E. Hubb. Pennisetum schimperi Steud. Pennisetum schimperi A. Rich. Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) Rich. Pennisetum sphacelatum (Nees) Th. Dur. & Schinz. Pennisetum spicatum Koern. ex Aschers. & Schweinf. Pennisetum spicatum Roem. & Schult. Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen. Pennisetum stramineum Peter Pennisetum subangustum (Schumacher) Stapf & C. E.Hubbard Pennisetum thunbergii Kunth Pennisetum trachyphyllum Pilg. Pennisetum triflorum Nees ex Steud. Pennisetum trisetum Leeke Pennisetum tristachyum (H.B.K.) Spreng. Pennisetum typhoides (Burm. f.) Stapf & C.E. Hubb. Pennisetum typhoides Trin. Pennisetum typhoideum Rich. Pennisetum unisetum Pennisetum verticillatum (L.) R. Br. ex Sweet Pennisetum verticillatum R. Br. Pennisetum villosum Hort. ex Vilm. Pennisetum villosum R. Br. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Biological Records Database (61 records)
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]