Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Gymnothrix nitens Andersson, Gymnotrix nitens Andersson, Pennisetum benthamii Steud., Pennisetum benthamii var. nuda Hack., Pennisetum benthamii var. sambesiense Hack., Pennisetum benthamii var. ternatum Hack., Pennisetum blepharideum Gilli, Pennisetum flavicomum Leeke, Pennisetum flexispica K. Schum., Pennisetum gossweileri Stapf & C.E. Hubb., Pennisetum lachnorrhachis Peter, Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth., nom. illeg., non Pennisetum macrostachys (Brongn.) Trin., Pennisetum nitens (Andersson) Hack., Pennisetum palescens Leeke, Pennisetum pruinosum Leeke, Pennisetum purpureum subsp. benthamii (Steud.) Maire & Weiller, Pennisetum purpureum subsp. eupurpureum Maire & Weiller, Pennisetum purpureum subsp. flexispica (K. Schum.) Maire & Weiller.

References regarding Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Beskrivelse af Guineiske Planter
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)
· Niger Flora (1849)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1855)
· Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique … (1864)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1888)
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (1905)
· Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften (1907)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (Beih.) (1930)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1933)
· Flore de l’Afrique du Nord (1952)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (1966)
· Fl. N.S.W. n. 19, Gramineae (1975)
· Amer. Journal of Botany (1977)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Journal of the Indian Botanical Society (1989)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)

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