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Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Pennisetum (family Poaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 432901) with original publication details: Beskr. Guin. Pl. 44 1827.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415202-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Amphochaeta exaltata Andersson [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gymnotrix nitens Andersson	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum benthamii Steud.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum benthamii var. nudum Hack.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum benthamii var. sambesiense Hack.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum benthamii var. ternatum Hack.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum blepharideum Gilli	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum exaltatum (Andersson) Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum flavicomum Leeke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum flexispica K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum giganteum Regel [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum gossweileri Stapf & C.E.Hubb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum hainanense H.R.Zhao & A.T.Liu	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum lachnorrhachis Peter	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum nitens (Andersson) Hack.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum pallescens Leeke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum pruinosum Leeke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum purpureum subsp. benthamii (Steud.) Maire & Weiller	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum purpureum subsp. flexispica (K.Schum.) Maire & Weiller	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-432901.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed