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Pennisetum purpureum (Elephant
grass, Napier grass, Cameroon grass) Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales
> Family: Poaceae > Genus:
Pennisetum
Native to tropical Africa and naturalised in southern
Africa.
Ecological relationships
Acetobacter diazotrophicus
Bacteria
Acid-producing, nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in roots and stems. |
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Publications
- Muthukumarasamy, R., Revathi, G., Seshadri, S. and Lakshminarasimhan, C.
2002. GluconAcetobacter diazotrophicus (syn. Acetobacter
diazotrophicus), a promising diazotrophic endophyte in tropics."
Current Science 83 (2): 137-145.
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