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Pennisetum purpureum

Plant photographs and field observations.

Species notes

About Pennisetum purpureum

Pennisetum purpureum is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Cenchrus purpureus (also recorded as Napier Grass), an accepted species in the family Poaceae, within the order Poales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, and Chad. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name: Napier Grass
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Identification rank: Species
Recorded distribution: Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Field photographs

Photo gallery

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC02298 (09) — DSC02298 (09)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC02299 (09) — DSC02299 (09)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC02300 (09) — DSC02300 (09)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC02301 (09) — DSC02301 (09)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07082 (10) — DSC07082 (10)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07083 (10) — DSC07083 (10)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07086 (10) — DSC07086 (10)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07518 (16) — DSC07518 (16)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07520 (16) — DSC07520 (16)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07523 (16) — DSC07523 (16)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07525 (16) — DSC07525 (16)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07619 (16) — DSC07619 (16)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07621 (16) — DSC07621 (16)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC07622 (16) — DSC07622 (16)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC08643 (11) — DSC08643 (11)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC08644 (11) — DSC08644 (11)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC08645 (11) — DSC08645 (11)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC08646 (11) — DSC08646 (11)

Pennisetum purpureum — DSC09502 (11) — DSC09502 (11)

Pennisetum purpureum — P3280091 (20) — P3280091 (20)

Pennisetum purpureum — P3280095 (20) — P3280095 (20)

Pennisetum purpureum — P3280096 (20) — P3280096 (20)

Pennisetum purpureum — Pic — Pic