Pennisetum

Translingual

Pennisetum clandestinum

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pennisetum n

1. 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