Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 85species Pennisetum advena J. Wipff & Veldkamp
- Foreign Fountaingrass
species Pennisetum annuum Mez
species Pennisetum articulare Trin.
species Pennisetum bambusiforme (E.Fourn.) B.D.Jacks.
species Pennisetum baojiense W.X.Tong
species Pennisetum basedowii Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.
species Pennisetum beckeroides Leeke
species Pennisetum caffrum (Bory) Leeke.
species Pennisetum centrasiaticum Tzvelev
species Pennisetum chilense (Desv.) Hack.
species Pennisetum complanatum (Nees) Hemsl.
- Nicaraguan Fountaingrass
species Pennisetum crinitum (Kunth) Spreng.
species Pennisetum distachyum (E.Fourn.) Rupr. ex Chase
species Pennisetum divisum (Forssk. ex J. F. Gmel.) Henrard
species Pennisetum domingense (Spreng.) Spreng.
species Pennisetum durum Beal
species Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb.
- Flaccidgrass
species Pennisetum flexile Mez
species Pennisetum foermerianum Leeke
species Pennisetum frutescens Leeke
species Pennisetum glaucifolium Hochst. ex A.Rich.
species Pennisetum gracilescens Hochst.
species Pennisetum henryanum F.Br.
species Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud.
species Pennisetum hordeoides (Lam.) Steud.
species Pennisetum humile Hochst. ex A.Rich.
species Pennisetum intectum Chase
species Pennisetum lanatum Klotzsch
species Pennisetum latifolium Spreng.
- Uruguayan Fountaingrass
species Pennisetum laxius (Clayton) Clayton
species Pennisetum ledermannii Mez
species Pennisetum longissimum S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin
species Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
species Pennisetum macrourum Trin.
- African Feathergrass
species Pennisetum massaicum Stapf
species Pennisetum mezianum Leeke
species Pennisetum mildbraedii Mez
species Pennisetum monostigma Pilg.
species Pennisetum montanum (Griseb.) Hack.
species Pennisetum nervosum (Nees) Trin.
- Bentspike Fountaingrass
species Pennisetum nodiflorum Franch.
species Pennisetum nubicum (Hochst.) K.Schum. ex Engl.
species Pennisetum occidentale Chase
species Pennisetum orientale Rich.
- Oriental Pennisetum
species Pennisetum pauperum Steud.
species Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.
- Kyasuma Grass
species Pennisetum peruvianum Trin.
species Pennisetum petiolare (Hochst.) Chiov.
- Petioled Fountaingrass
species Pennisetum pirottae Chiov.
species Pennisetum procerum (Stapf) Clayton
species Pennisetum prolificum Chase
species Pennisetum pseudotriticoides A.Camus
species Pennisetum pumilum Hack. ex Engl.
species Pennisetum qianningense S.L.Zhong
species Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf.
species Pennisetum rigidum (Griseb.) Hack.
species Pennisetum riparium Hochst. ex A.Rich.
species Pennisetum rupestre Chase
species Pennisetum sagittatum Henrard
species Pennisetum schweinfurthii Pilg.
species Pennisetum shaanxiense S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin
species Pennisetum sichuanense S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin
species Pennisetum sieberianum (Schltdl.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
species Pennisetum sphacelatum (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz
species Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen.
species Pennisetum stramineum Peter
species Pennisetum tempisquense R.W.Pohl
species Pennisetum thulinii S.M.Phillips
species Pennisetum thunbergii Kunth
species Pennisetum trachyphyllum Pilg.
species Pennisetum trisetum Leeke
species Pennisetum tristachyum (Kunth) Spreng.
species Pennisetum uliginosum Hack. ex Engl.
species Pennisetum unisetum (Nees) Benth.
species Pennisetum villosum R. Br. ex Fresen.
- Feathertop
species Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.
species Pennisetum weberbaueri Mez
species Pennisetum yemense Deflers
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1019063]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Pennisetum L.C. Richard in Persoon, 1805]
Data retrieved on: 5 January 2020