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Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. 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 432885) with original publication details: Mant. 2: 146 1824.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415187-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cenchrus retusus Sw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cenchrus setosus Sw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gymnotrix geniculata Schult.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gymnotrix polystachya (L.) Sw. ex Trin.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gymnotrix ramosa Hochst.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum alopecuros Lam.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum barbatum Roxb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum cauda-ratti Schumach.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum cenchroides Rich.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum densispica Poir. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum dentispica Kunth [Spelling variant]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum erubescens Willd.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum holcoides Roxb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum longisetum Poir.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum polystachion L.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum subangustum Schumach.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Panicum triticoides Poir.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum alopecuroides Ham. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum amethystinum P.Beauv. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum arvense Pilg.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum barbatum Schult.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum borbonicum Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum breve Nees	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum cauda-ratti (Schumach.) Franch.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum ciliares Hook.f. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum ciliatum Parl. ex Webb	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum dasystachyum Desv.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum erubescens (Willd.) Desv. ex Ham.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum flavescens J.Presl	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum gabonense Franch.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum gracile Benth.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum hamiltonii Steud.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum hirsutum Nees	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum holcoides (Roxb.) Schult.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum myurus Parl.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum nicaraguense E.Fourn.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum ovale Rupr. ex Steud. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum pallidum Nees	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum polystachion subsp. polystachion	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum (Sw.) Brunken	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum polystachion f. viviparum Fosberg & Sachet	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum ramosum C.Sm. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum reversum Hack.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum richardii Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) Rich.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum setosum var. breve (Nees) Döll	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum sieberi Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum stenostachyum Peter	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum subangustum (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum tenuispiculatum Steud.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum triticoides (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pennisetum uniflorum Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Setaria cenchroides (Rich.) Roem. & Schult.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Setaria erubescens (Willd.) P.Beauv.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Setaria geniculata Sieber ex Kunth [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) Brunken	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-432885.

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