Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.
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Filed As
Poaceae
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 04293763
Occurrence ID: 8530901a-cc6b-4f54-bf6b-4233dc200678
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Poales
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Family
Poaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Pacifica]
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Distribution
0 What appéars'to Ee a serious l^ai | spotting disease htói,.attacked jii-.j portant forage ¿r&E» ai phant or Napier gra^s & ,.Hawaii : during recent months. 7 '• The disease Was first reported "to j the ifruversity of Hawaii agricultur- al èxperisnent . station from Kona,) Hawaii, but has since broken out in other places oh that island and also 1 onl§ahu. ' . Because of the dependency of the •dairy* and cattle industries of Hawaii? jail these forage. crops, the seriou^è ness of the disease can not be mini- mized, university specialists say.,-,. Obtaining specimens of diseased Plants, the specialists are4investigat-! lg the exact nature of the ; disease > producing organism., v “So far,’* reports Dr. G. K. Parris, ! plant pathologist with m university! experiment station* “we have found ! that the disease of Napier & due to ! a fungus called Helminthosporiuin, ! which attacks the foliage ana stems, causing théir death.”, >. * V 1 Sugar cane is attacked in Hawaii by several species of this same fun- gus,/ Ohe of Which causes thè dis- ease khown as “eyé spot.’’. However, the species attacking the <orage crpp seems tò be distinct frofti the “eye spot” of cane. ,7 1 .Jianchers and dairymen who de-: pentì on this grass for forage are ex- ; p^issinig concern over the spread of thè disease, accordiri^ to J. C. Rii>- perton, 'agronomist wth the experi- ment station. Who renamed recently from: a survey, of the island of JJa-J wàii. and reported areas ih-Keeau, Wàimea and Kona As affected, is a | On Oahu, the Motilèia and Kailua ! districts have Serious infestations, / u #he university; researched ex- plain that it is toc( soon to determine condu< jesof papier rersögc ia; its ppear to have out and if even NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 04293763 2444 PLANTS OF HAWAII EX HERBARIUM OTTO DEGENER ay 3 TT&-1 Collected by OTTO DEGENER. (Many plants described in “Plants ‘Flora Hawaiiensis” by Otto Degener, 04293763
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Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.