Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) Brunken

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 63 (1979)
This name is a synonym of Cenchrus hordeoides

Publications

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique, n.s., 132: 1-127. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé. [Cited as Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum.]

Seed Collection Guides

  • An Illustrated Manual of Kenya Grasses (1987) Ibrahim KM & Kabuye CHS.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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