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Pennisetum purpureum
(Poaceae)
Napier grass, elephant grass, merker grass

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Species description or overview

Pennisetum purpureum information from PIER
Information on Pennisetum purpureum as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Pennisetum purpureum
Nomenclatural information about Pennisetum purpureum is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Pennisetum purpureum
Nomenclatural information about Pennisetum purpureum is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Pennisetum purpureum
Nomenclatural information about Pennisetum purpureum is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Pennisetum purpureum (Poaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Pennisetum purpureum as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Pennisetum purpureum (Poaceae) (cane grass, elephant grass, napier grass)
Links to high-resolution free images of Pennisetum purpureum (Poaceae) (cane grass, elephant grass, napier grass) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Pennisetum purpureum images from PIER
Images of Pennisetum purpureum provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Cited as invasive (on a list)

2007 FLEPPC invasive plant list View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's 2007 List of Invasive Plant Species focus includes adverse effects exotic pest plants have on Florida's biodiversity and plant communities.

Books

Weed handbook of Western Polynesia  new posting 
Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. ISBN: 3-88085-227-8. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)  new posting 
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Identification and biology of nonnative plants in Florida's natural areas (second edition)  new posting 
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, and K.A. Craddock Burks. 2008. Identification and biology of nonnative plants in Florida's natural areas (second edition). The University of Florida IFAS Communication Services (Gainesville). 193+ pp. illus. ISBN: 978-0-916287-70-2. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research  new posting 
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy  new posting 
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida  new posting 
Langeland, K.A. and R.L. Stocker. (1997-)2001. Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida. SP 242, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First printed: 1997. Revised: April, 2001. ISBN: (unknown or N/A). ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Bibliography

References for Pennisetum purpureum
Bibliographic references for Pennisetum purpureum are provided by HEAR.

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