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Taxon:  Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng.



Summary
Genus:
Pennisetum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Nomen number:
27168
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 1:303. 1824 ("1825")
Verified:
01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum alopecuroides L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alopecurus hordeiformis L.
Cenchrus compressus (R. Br.) Morrone
Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb.
Pennisetum compressum R. Br.
Pennisetum hordeiforme (Thunb.) Spreng.
Pennisetum japonicum Trin. ex Spreng.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961- http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
  3. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  4. Chemisquy, M. A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:127. Note: = Cenchrus compressus (R. Br.) Morrone
  5. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  8. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000
  9. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  10. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  11. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  12. Huang, D. et al. 2010. Grass hedges for the protection of sloping lands from runoff and soil loss: An example from Northern China. Soil Tillage Res. 110:251-256.
  13. Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987
  14. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  15. Meyer, M. H. 2012. Chapter 3. Ornamental grasses in the United States. Hort. Rev. 39:121-152.
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  17. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007 http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
  18. Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
  19. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  20. Wilson, S. B. & G. W. Knox. 2009. Landscape performance of green fountain grass alternatives grown in northern and southern Florida. HortTechnol. 19:471-476.
  21. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
Chinese fountain grass –
foxtail fountain grass –
swamp foxtail grass –
swamp-foxtail –
French
pennisétum –
German
japanisches Federborstengras –
Swedish
lampborstgräs –
Transcribed Chinese
lang wei cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Assam]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New York, Pennsylvania]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Florida]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
ornamental (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14; F NAmer) –
Weed
(fide Weed CIBA) –


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