Pennisetum

Pennisetum /ˌpɛnɪˈstəm/ is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses (fountain grasses). Pennisetum is considered a synonym of Cenchrus in Kew's Plants of the World Online.

Pennisetum
Pennisetum polystachion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Cenchrinae
Genus: Pennisetum
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Type species
Pennisetum typhoideum
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Synonyms
  • Penicillaria Willd.
  • Gymnotrix P.Beauv.
  • Catatherophora Steud.
  • Sericura Hassk.
  • Lloydia Delile [1844, illegitimate homonym not Salisb. ex Rchb. 1830 (syn. of Gagea in Liliaceae)]
  • Beckeropsis Fig. & De Not.
  • Eriochaeta Fig. & De Not.
  • Amphochaeta Andersson
  • Kikuyuochloa H.Scholz
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