Pennisetum
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Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Pennisetum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the fountaingrasses, native to tropical and warm temperate environs worldwide, that may be treated as members of genus Cenchrum.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Paniceae - tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Pennisetum typhoideum - type species; for species see Pennisetum at The Plant List
Further reading
[edit]Pennisetum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pennisetum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pennisetum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pennisetum at USDA Plants database
- Pennisetum at Tropicos
- Pennisetum at World Register of Marine Species
- Pennisetum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Pennisetum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Pennisetum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Pennisetum at The Plant List