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Pennisetum glaucum R. Br.

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Holcus spicatus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1305. 1759.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1484 (1763). RCN: 7564.

Lectotype (Davidse in Dassanayake & al., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 8: 363. 1994): [icon] "Gr. Alopecuroid. spica max. Ind. Orient." in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 32, f. 4. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 174. 1696.

Current name: Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. (Poaceae).

Note: See notes and discussion by Chase (in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 22: 216. 1920; Amer. J. Bot. 8: 44, 48. 1921) and Terrell (in Taxon 25: 297-304. 1976).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H), pp. 557-585 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 576, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
R. Br.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Pennisetum
Species
glaucum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pennisetum glaucum (Linnaeus, 1759) sec. Jarvis, 2007