Pennisetum

The genus Pennisetum is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Pennisetum

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Name	Status	Source
Pennisetum advena Wipff & Veldkamp	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum annuum Mez	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum articulare Trin.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum bambusiforme (E.Fourn.) B.D.Jacks.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum baojiense W.X.Tong	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum basedowii Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum beckeroides Leeke	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum caffrum (Bory) Leeke.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum centrasiaticum Tzvelev	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum chilense (Desv.) Hack.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum complanatum (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum crinitum (Kunth) Spreng.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum divisum (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Henrard	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum domingense (Spreng.) Spreng.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum durum Beal	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum foermeranum Leeke	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum frutescens Leeke	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum glaucifolium Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum gracilescens Hochst.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum henryanum F.Br.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum hordeoides (Lam.) Steud.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum humile Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum intectum Chase	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum lanatum Klotzsch	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum latifolium Spreng.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum laxior (Clayton) Clayton	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum ledermannii Mez	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum longissimum S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum macrostachyum (Brongn.) Trin.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum macrourum Trin.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum massaicum Stapf	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum mezianum Leeke	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum mildbraedii Mez	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum monostigma Pilg.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum montanum (Griseb.) Hack.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum nervosum (Nees) Trin.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum nodiflorum Franch.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum nubicum (Hochst.) K.Schum. ex Engl.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum occidentale Chase	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum orientale Rich.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum pauperum Steud.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum peruvianum Trin.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum petiolare (Hochst.) Chiov.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum pirottae Chiov.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum procerum (Stapf) Clayton	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum prolificum Chase	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum pseudotriticoides A.Camus	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum pumilum Hack. ex Engl.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum qianningense S.L.Zhong	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum rigidum (Griseb.) Hack.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum riparium Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum rupestre Chase	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum sagittatum Henrard	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum schweinfurthii Pilg.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum shaanxiense S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum sichuanense S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum sieberianum (Schltdl.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum sphacelatum (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum stramineum Peter	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum tempisquense R.W.Pohl	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum thulinii S.M.Phillips	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum thunbergii Kunth	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum trachyphyllum Pilg.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum trisetum Leeke	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum tristachyum (Kunth) Spreng.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum uliginosum Hack. ex Engl.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum unisetum (Nees) Benth.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum villosum Fresen.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum weberbaueri Mez	Accepted	WCSP
Pennisetum yemense Deflers	Accepted	WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 383 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pennisetum. Of these 82 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 134 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pennisetum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 383 species names for the genus Pennisetum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	82	21.4%
◕	Synonym	283	73.9%
◕	Unplaced	9	2.3%
◕	Unassessed	9	2.3%

All names

The status of the 517 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pennisetum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	85	16.4%
◕	Synonym	414	80.1%
◕	Unplaced	9	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	9	1.7%

Of these names,

23 are recorded as invalid
20 are recorded as illegitimate
3 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 383 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pennisetum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
High confidence	82	255	0	0	337	88.0%
Medium confidence	0	27	0	0	27	7.0%
Low confidence	0	1	9	9	19	5.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Pennisetum, are as follows:

Source of record	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Misapplied	Total
Tropicos	0	27	0	6	0	33	8.6%
WCSP	82	256	9	3	0	350	91.4%