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Paspalum virgatum var. jacquinianum Flligge, Monogr. Pasp. 190. 1810. West 



Indies, Jacquin. 

 Paspalum virgatum var. willdenowianum Fliigge, Monogr. Pasp. 190. 1810. 



Para, Brazil. 

 Paspalum virgatum var. stramineum Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.Ind. 543. 1864. 



Antigua, Wullschlaegel [the other specimen cited belongs to P. arundinaceum 



Poir.]. 

 Paspalum leucocheilum Wright, An. Acad. Cienc. Habana 8: 203. 1871; 



Fl. Cub. 194. 1873. Isla de Pinos, Blain. 

 Paspalum virgatum var. ciliatum Doell, in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2 2 : 88. 1877. Based 



on P. virgatum var. linneanum Fliigge. 



(136) PENNISETUM L. Rich.*' 



Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 303. 1825. Based on 

 Panicum alopecuroides L. 

 Panicum alopecuroides L., Sp. PL 55. 1753. China. 



(1) Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1: 195. 1810. 



Based on Panicum glaucum L. 

 Panicum glaucum L., Sp. PL 56. 1753. 28 India. 

 Holcus spicatus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1305. 1759. India. 

 Pennisetum typhoideum L. Rich., in Pers., Syn. PL 1: 72. 1805. Based on 



Holcus spicatus L. 

 Penicillaria spicata Willd., Enum. PL 1037. 1809. Based on Holcus spicatus 



L. 

 Setaria glauca Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 51, 178. 1812. Based on Panicum 



glaucum L., but misapplied to S. lutescens (Weig.) F. T. Hubb. 

 Pennisetum spicatum Willd.; Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 499. 1817, as 



synonym of Penicillaria spicata Willd.; Koern., in Koern. and Wern., 



Handb. Getreidebau. 1: 284. 1885. Based on Holcus spicatus L. 

 Panicum spicatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 286. 1820. Based on Holcus spicatus L. 

 Penicillaria typhoidea Fig. and DeNot., Agrost. Aegypt. Frag. 55. 1853. 



Based on Pennisetum typhoideum "Delile" (same as L. Rich.). 

 Chamaeraphis glauca Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2: 767. 1891. Based on Panicum 



glaucum L., but misapplied to Setaria lutescens (Weig.) F. T. Hubb. 

 Pennisetum spicatum var. typhoideum Dur. and Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 785. 



1894. Based on Penicillaria typhoidea Fig. and DeNot. 

 Ixophorus glaucus Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 423. 1895. Based on 



Panicum glaucum L., but misapplied to Setaria lutescens (Weig.) F. T. Hubb. 

 Chaetochloa glauca Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 4: 39. 1897. 



Based on Panicum glaucum L., but misapplied to Setaria lutescens (Wieg.) 



F. T. Hubb. 

 Pennisetum americanum Schum. (in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. 5 B : 51. 1895) 

 based on Panicum americanum L. (Sp. PL 56. 1753) has been used for this 

 species, but the Linnaean name was based on an unidentifiable figure in Clusius 

 (Rar. PL Hist. 2: 215. 1601). 



Pennisetum latifolium Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 302. 1825. Montevideo, Sello. 

 Pennisetum macrostachyum (Brongn.) Trim, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. 



Nat. 1: 177. 1834. Based on Gymnothrix macrostachys Brongn. 

 Gymnothrix macrostachys Brongn., in Duperrey, Bot. Voy. Coquille 2 2 : 104. 



pi. 10. 1830. Moluccas. 

 (3) Pennisetum nervosum (Nees) Trim, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 



1: 177. 1834. Based on Gymnothrix nervosa Nees. 

 Gymnothrix nervosa Nees, Agrost. Bras. 277. 1829. Bahia, Brazil. 

 Cenchrus nervosus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 3 2 : 347. 1898. Based on Gymno- 

 thrix nervosa Nees. 

 Pennisetum purpureum Schumach., Beskr. Guin. PL 64. 1827. Guinea, Africa. 

 (5) Pennisetum ruppelii Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 107. 1854. Abyssinia. 



(2) Pennisetum setosum (Swartz) L. Rich., in Pers., Syn. PL 1: 72. 1805. 



Based on Cenchrus setosus Swartz. 

 Cenchrus setosus Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26. 1788. West Indies. 

 Panicum cenchroides L. Rich., Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 106. 1792. 



French Guiana, Leblond. 

 Panicum erubescens Willd., Enum. Hort. Berol. 1031. 1809. St. Thomas. 



27 For discussion of types see Chase, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 213-234. 1921. 



28 For discussion of this name see Chase, Amer. Jour. Bot. 8: 41-49. 1921. 



