Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Poaceae Barnhart
Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. , legitimate , scientific
Hochstetter, C.F.F. (1903) , Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8
41, pl. 5, Fig. 2
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"In Abyssinia legit W. Schimper n. 2804"
Breakwell, E. (1923) , Grasses and Fodder Plants of New South Wales
95
[secondary reference]
(1926) , Journal of the Department of Agriculture South Australia 30
56
[secondary reference]
Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950) , List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5)
279
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.A. (1952) , Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1)
281-282
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pennisetum inclusum Pilg. legitimate
common name:
Kikuyu grass [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
527
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu Grass [n/a]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
47
[secondary reference]
Vickery, J.W. (1975) , Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2)
243-244
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum longistylum var. clandestinum (Hochst. ex Leeke legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pennisetum inclusum Pilg. legitimate
common name:
Kikuyu Grass [n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
128
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu Grass [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
50
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
36
[secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986) , List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4)
141
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu grass [n/a]
Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2
975
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu Grass [n/a]
Webster, R.D. (1987) , The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae)
186-197
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
237
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu Grass [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4
498-499
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu Grass [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
492
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu Grass [n/a]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994) , Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B
348-349, Fig. 120
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum longistylum var. clandestinum (Hochst. ex Leeke legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pennisetum inclusum Pilg. legitimate
common name:
Kikuyu grass [n/a]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
613-614
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
426
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu [n/a]
Scholz, H.W. (2006) , Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 117(7-8)
513
[basionym]
basionym of:
Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex H.Scholz legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4
333 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kikuyu [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex H.Scholz legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Chemisquy, M.A, Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A. & Kellogg, E.A. (2010) , Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus . Annals of Botany new ser., 106(1)
127
[basionym]
basionym of:
Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Morrone legitimate
Simon, B.K. (7 December 2010) , New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8(2)
191
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Morrone legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Morrone legitimate
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23
516
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Morrone legitimate
Gutierrez, H.F. (February 2014) , (2259) Proposal to conserve the name Pennisetum clandestinum (Cenchrus clandestinus) against P. longistylum (Poaceae). Taxon 63(1)
189
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A.Rich. legitimate
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2
372
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Morrone legitimate
Wilson, K.L. (October 2016) , Report of the General Committee: 15. Taxon 65(5)
1150
[secondary reference]
Text:
"(2259) cons. Pennisetum clandestinum (the GC agreed with the NCVP that conservation is not necessary because taxonomic experts in the group agree that these names represent two different species);"
