Species notes
About Pennisetum setaceum
Pennisetum setaceum is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Cenchrus setaceus (also recorded as African Fountain Grass), an accepted species in the family Poaceae, within the order Poales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- African Fountain Grass
- Family
- Poaceae
- Order
- Poales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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