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Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

This species name was first published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 129 (2010) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000917319.

Synonyms of Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Gymnotrix nitens Andersson Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 552 (1864) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000873673
Pennisetum benthamii Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888779
Pennisetum benthamii var. nudum Hack. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 400 (1905 publ. 1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888780
Pennisetum benthamii var. sambesiense Hack. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 400 (1905 publ. 1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888781
Pennisetum benthamii var. ternatum Hack. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 400 (1905 publ. 1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888783
Pennisetum blepharideum Gilli Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 41 (1966) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888784
Pennisetum flavicomum Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 45 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888871
Pennisetum flexispica K.Schum. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 105 (1895) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888874
Pennisetum giganteum Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 8: 643 (1884) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888887
Pennisetum gossweileri Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 274 (1933) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888899
Pennisetum hainanense H.R.Zhao & A.T.Liu J. Nanjing Technol. Coll. Forest Prod. 1982(4): 84 (1982) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888908
Pennisetum lachnorrhachis Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 70 (1930) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888946
Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth. Niger Fl. : 563 (1849) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000888973
Pennisetum nitens (Andersson) Hack. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 142 (1888) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000889015
Pennisetum pallescens Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 47 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000889034
Pennisetum pruinosum Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 46 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000889080
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 44 (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000889087
Pennisetum purpureum subsp. benthamii (Steud.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 341 (1952) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000889088
Pennisetum purpureum subsp. flexispica (K.Schum.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 340 (1952) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000889089