Pennisetum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1762112
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Summary

Pennisetum is a taxon[1]. Pennisetum ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pennisetum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pennisetum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pennisetum is classified within Panicoideae[5].
  • Pennisetum's scientific name is Pennisetum[6].
  • Pennisetum's Commons category is recorded as Pennisetum[7].
  • Pennisetum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pennisetum[8].
  • Pennisetum's Commons gallery is recorded as Pennisetum[9].
  • Pennisetum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1)[10].
  • Pennisetum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9020[11].
  • Pennisetum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'fountaingrass'}[12].
  • Pennisetum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '狼尾草属'}[13].
  • Pennisetum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '狼尾草属'}[14].

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Classification

Pennisetum's scientific name is Pennisetum[6]. Pennisetum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pennisetum is classified within Panicoideae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'fountaingrass'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '狼尾草属'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '狼尾草属'}[14].

Identifiers

Pennisetum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 60305[15]. Pennisetum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4541[16]. Pennisetum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108192[17]. Pennisetum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2706129[18]. Pennisetum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42000[19].

Why It Matters

Pennisetum ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Pennisetum has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Pennisetum is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1)
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Panicoideae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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