Richard, A. (1850), Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae 2: 388 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit ad ripas depressas prope Adoua, mense Septembre (Schimper)."

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 238 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1907), Unrecorded introduced plants. The Victorian Naturalist 24(1): 16 [secondary reference]

Leeke, P. (1907), Untersuchungen uber Abstammung und Heimat der Negerhirse [Pennisetum americanum (L.) K.Schum.]. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 79: 23 [secondary reference]

Phillips, S.M. in Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (ed.) (1995), Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritraea 7: 264 [secondary reference]

Gutierrez, H.F. (February 2014), (2259) Proposal to conserve the name Pennisetum clandestinum (Cenchrus clandestinus) against P. longistylum (Poaceae). Taxon 63(1): 189 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: hic designatus [second-step]: Ethiopia, "Ad ripas depressas prope Adoam", 30 Sep 1837, Schimper 65 (P barcode P00442926; isotypi: B barcode B 10 0507472; BM barcode BM000923355; BR Nos. BR-836751, BR-876873; GOET barcode GOET006828; HAL barcode HAL0106599; HOH barcode HOH008955; K barcodes K000281144, K000281145, K000281146, K000281147 & K000281148; L Nos. 908.93-585 & 908.93-598 [barcodes L0059719 & L0059720]; LG barcode LG0000090037054; M barcodes M0104105 & M0104106; MO No. 2100298 [barcode MO-1660972]; P barcodes P00442924 & P00442925; STU barcode STU000135; TUB barcode TUB006524; US Nos. 945047, 1061598, 1649623 & 3243715 [barcodes 01117861, 00140907, 01117880 & 00406436]; W Nos. 0000303, 0106599, 1889-0244968 & 1916-0021003).

Gutierrez, H.F. (February 2014), (2259) Proposal to conserve the name Pennisetum clandestinum (Cenchrus clandestinus) against P. longistylum (Poaceae). Taxon 63(1): 189 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. legitimate

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