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Taxon:  Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.



Summary
Genus:
Pennisetum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Nomen number:
27214
Place of publication:
Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1923:113. 1923
Verified:
01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cenchrus asperifolius Desf.
Pennisetum asperifolium auct.
Pennisetum rueppelianum hort. ex Mez
Pennisetum ruppelii Steud.
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
fountain grass –
tender fountain grass –
Afrikaans
pronkgras –
German
afrikanisches Lampenputzergras –
einjähriges Lampenputzergras –
Swedish
fjäderborstgräs –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItalySicily 
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItalySardinia 
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexicos.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizonas.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornias.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevadas.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai], ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicily]
Cultivated
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sardinia]
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, Portugal
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.), California (s.), Nevada (s.)]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia
Economic Uses
Environmental
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Weed CIBA; F NAmer; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001) –


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