Pennisetum

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Translingual

Pennisetum clandestinum

Etymology

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Proper noun

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

(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

(genus): Pennisetum typhoideum - type species; for species see Pennisetum at The Plant List

Further reading

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

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