Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

NZOR Identifier: 53723fc2-6e4e-49ce-a413-4e15678cd86c

Status

Synonym of Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone (NZOR Concept Id dc5aa1fc-bb05-4fbc-91db-070a82252411)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
subphylum
Spermatophytina
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Poales
family
Gramineae
genus
Pennisetum
species
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

Providers

Scientific Name

Authority
Schumach.
Rank
species
Year
1827
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
b3113798-65d5-4280-ac69-7e5a30bc735f
According to
Simon, B.K. 2010: New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8: 187-221.
Preferred Name
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
4efb9c9e-71cd-4b14-8197-f6d828844cdf
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Pennisetum (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
c7a883bc-3fba-4bca-b651-1e2e06a3b7af
According to
Biosecurity New Zealand (4 Aug 2011) Unwanted Organisms Register. http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/registers/uor
Preferred Name
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
1139fba8-0a0e-4c8a-9a10-20909e2a9b10
According to
Biosecurity New Zealand (4 Aug 2011) Unwanted Organisms Register. http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/registers/uor
Preferred Name
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
5908276b-c6e6-482e-a63b-699d6a5e7710
According to
Chemisquy, M.A.; Giussani, L.M.; Scataglini, M.A.; Kellogg, E.A.; Morrone, O. 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 106: 107-130.
Preferred Name
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
7fb030bc-82e4-4de0-b9e7-ec1a8663447e
According to
Chemisquy, M.A.; Giussani, L.M.; Scataglini, M.A.; Kellogg, E.A.; Morrone, O. 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 106: 107-130.
Preferred Name
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
30d48dbe-8e31-40d9-a677-5b6ca491a70f
According to
Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. 2000: Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Lincoln, New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press. 650 p.

No subordinate taxa

Application - has vernacular

Full Name
Elephant grass
Name Id
9fcbe4f8-6c6d-4a6c-a1b7-e49bad22b6c7
According To
Nicol, E. R. 1997: Common Names of Plants in New Zealand. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press.

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