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
Pennisetum thunbergii Kunth
, legitimate , scientific
Kunth, K.S. (1829) , Revision des graminees Part 4 :
50
[nom. nov.]
replaced synonym:
Cenchrus geniculatus Thunb.
legitimate
Webster, R.D. (1987) , The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae) :
192-193
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pennisetum glabrum Steud.
legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
239
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pennisetum glabrum Steud.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cenchrus geniculatus Thunb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pennisetum glabrum Steud.
legitimate
APC Dist.:
Qld (doubtfully 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) :
129
[basionym]
basionym of:
Cenchrus thunbergii ( Kunth) 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 thunbergii ( Kunth) Morrone
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Cenchrus thunbergii ( Kunth) Morrone
legitimate