Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Poaceae Barnhart
Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud.
, legitimate , scientific
Steudel, E.G. von (1854) , Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(2) :
109
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Hrbr. un. it arab. nr. 973 et 974. ... Arabia felix."
Index Kewensis gives E.G.Steudel in Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 1 (1840) 217) however the name given there is not accompanied by a description.
Pirotta, P.R. (1908) , Flora della colonia Eritrea. Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8(3) :
326
[basionym]
basionym of:
Cenchrus ciliaris var. pennisetiformis ( Hochst. & Steud.) Chiov. ex Pirotta
legitimate
Gardner, C.A. (1952) , Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1) :
284
[secondary reference]
common name:
White Buffel Grass
[n/a]
Weston, A.S. (23 May 1974) , The genus Cenchrus (Poaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 1(4) :
378
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
legitimate
Vickery, J.W. (1975) , Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2) :
256-257
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cenchrus ciliaris var. pennisetiformis ( Hochst. & Steud.) Chiov. ex Pirotta
legitimate
common name:
White Buffel Grass
[n/a]
Cited as Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud.
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
73
[secondary reference]
common name:
White Buffel Grass
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
39
[secondary reference]
Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia :
480
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
31
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
legitimate
Webster, R.D. (1987) , The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae) :
22
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
legitimate
Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Cenchrus. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
1135
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
502
[secondary reference]
common name:
A Buffel Grass
[n/a]
Wipff, J.K. (2001) , Nomenclatural changes in Pennisetum (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida; contributions to botany 19(3) :
527
[basionym]
basionym of:
Pennisetum pennisetiforme ( Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4 :
181 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Buffel Grass
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cenchrus ciliaris var. pennisetiformis ( Hochst. & Steud.) Chiov. ex Pirotta
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum pennisetiforme ( Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
legitimate
by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Gramineae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4 : 1961
APC Comment:
Included in Cenchrus ciliaris (as Pennisetum ciliare) in Qld.
APC Dist.:
NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
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
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum pennisetiforme ( Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff
legitimate