Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. (Eritrea to S. Tropical Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Azores, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jawa, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen as per POWO)
Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb. (Iran to Central Asia and China: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang; Introduced into: Italy, Poland, Spain as per POWO)
Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud. (E. Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Indian Subcontinent: India, Kenya, Madagascar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda as per POWO)
Pennisetum orientale Rich. (N. Africa to Caucasus and Indian Subcontinent: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Cuba, Greece, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, New Guinea, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago as per POWO)
Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. (Cape Verde, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia; Introduced into: Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Florida, New Caledonia, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Trinidad-Tobago, Western Australia as per POWO) (Pl. open the bristles to reveal the spikelets. If one of the spikelets is pedicelled, then it is this species (Pennisetum pedicellatum). If no spikelets are pedicelled, it could be P.polystachyon. P.polystachon has a yellowish inflorescence later on turning straw or brown, whereas P.pedicellatum has inflorescence in shades of pink turning brown.)
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Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. (New World: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Desventurados Is., District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is.; Introduced into: Algeria, Austria, Azores, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Easter Is., Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Italy, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Palestine, Philippines, Réunion, Sardegna, Solomon Is., Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)
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Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. (Sahara to Tropical Africa, Aldabra, Arabian Peninsula: Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Alabama, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is. as per POWO)
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Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. (N. Africa to Afghanistan and Tanzania: Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Yemen; Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Baleares, Bermuda, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Gulf States, Hawaii, Italy, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oregon, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO)
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Pennisetum (Poaceae) page with comparative images:
Pl. go through Pennisetum (Poaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details.
I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned.
Thanks a lot, Manoj Chandran ji, for most of the identifications.
