Details for: Pennisetum purpureum

3 different source(s) use this name:

- USDA Plants Database, generated January 15, 1997
- Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru, download date: August 28, 1995
- Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), received January, 1996

Source: USDA Plants Database, generated January 15, 1997 Name: Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher Rank: Species Status: ACCEPTED Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Genus - Pennisetum L.C. Rich. ex Pers.        Geography: US(CA, FL, HI, PR, VI) Reference in Source: For reference information check with USDA NRCS Plants Database at http://plants.usda.gov/ SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: Poaceae SourceStatusDesignation: A

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Source: Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru, download date: August 28, 1995 Name: Pennisetum purpureum Schum. Rank: Species Status: ACCEPTED Taxon Notes: Ecology: Introduced herb. Amazonian, Andean I: disturbed areas, forests on white sand, riversides. 0-1000 m. Voucher: Rimachi 4851 (MO!)   Geography: Amazonas, Huancavelica, Junfn, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Ucayali. Reference in Source: Tovar, O., 1981: 112; Türpe, A. M., 1983: 112. SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: Gramineae SourceStatusDesignation: A

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Source: Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), received January, 1996 Name: Pennisetum purpureum Schum. Nomencl. ref. Beskrivelse af Guieiske Planter [som are fundue af Danske Botanikere, isaer af etatsraad Thonning (1827) 44. Rank: Species Status: ACCEPTED   SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: Poaceae SourceStatusDesignation: A Type: (not cited). [given by R.D.Webster, Austral. Paniceae (Poaceae) (1987) 191 as "Ghana, Thionning (C, holo; BM)."].

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