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Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex. Chiov. (1903)
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Isotype for Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Catalog Number: US 1061598
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. H. W. Schimper
Year Collected: 1837
Locality: Schonkor., Ethiopia, Africa
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Isotype for Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Catalog Number: US 945047
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. H. W. Schimper
Year Collected: 1837
Locality: Ad ripas depressas prope Adoam., Ethiopia, Africa
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A dense, mat-forming grass, growing from both stolons and rhizomes. It has no clearly visible inflorescences, only the white filaments and feathery stigmas may be visible (photo right).
Isotype for Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Catalog Number: US 3243715
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. H. W. Schimper
Year Collected: 1837
Locality: Ad ripas depressas prope Adoam., Ethiopia, Africa
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clandestinum: clandestine, referring to the invisible inflorescences.
Isotype for Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Catalog Number: US 1649623
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. H. W. Schimper
Locality: Africa
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Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic
Comments: Orchards and gardens.
Native to E and C Africa.
Grown as fodder/lawn grass