| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Pennisetum |
G.533. Pennisetum
BECKEROPSIS Fig. & De Not.
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a cylindric to subspherical, spike-like panicle, bearing deciduous clusters of 1-several spikelets subtended by an involucre of bristles, these flexuous, filiform and free to base. Spikelets: glumes and lower lemma variable, 0 to as long as spikelet; upper lemma cartilaginous to thinly coriaceous with flat thin margins. Worldwide: 130 species in tropical and warm regions |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| clandestinum Chiov. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| glaucum (L.) R. Br. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | |
| macrourum Trin. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| massaicum Stapf | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | |
| polystachion (L.) Schult. subsp. atrichum (Stapf & C.E. Hubb.) Brunken | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N | |
| polystachion (L.) Schult. subsp. polystachion | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E | |
| purpureum Schumach. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| thunbergii Kunth | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | |
| trisetum Leeke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | |
| unisetum (Nees) Benth. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E |
Other sources of information about Pennisetum:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pennisetum pageFlora of Mozambique: Pennisetum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pennisetum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pennisetum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pennisetum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pennisetum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pennisetum
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Pennisetum
| Home | > | List of families | > | Poaceae | > | Pennisetum |