Taxonomy Profile: Cenchrus (L)

Cenchrus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Pennisetum
Rich
Pennisetum alopecuroides
L Spreng
Panicum alopecuroides
L
Cenchropsis
Nash
Echinaria
Fabr
Gymnothrix
K Sprengel
Kikuyuochloa
H Scholz
Nastus
Lunell
Penicellaria
Kunth
Penicillaria
Willd
Panicum alopecuroideum
L
Beckeropsis
Fig & De Not
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Spreng
Common Name(s):
sandbur []
fountaingrass []
Kikuyu grass []
kikuyugrass []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cenchrus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Lilianae
monocots |
monocotyledons |
monocotylédones |
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
grasses |
graminées |
Genus : Cenchrus
sandbur |
fountaingrass |
Kikuyu grass |
kikuyugrass |
Cenchrus Direct Children(s):
Cenchrus longispinus
(Hack Fernald)
Cenchrus brownii
(Roem & Schult)
Cenchrus incertus
(MA Curtis)
Cenchrus longisetus
(MC Johnst)
Cenchrus nervosus
(Nees Kuntze)
Cenchrus tristachyus
(Kunth Kuntze)
Cenchrus americanus
(L Morrone)
Cenchrus abyssinicus
(Hack Morrone)
Cenchrus advena
(Wipff & Veldkamp Morrone)
Cenchrus annuus
(Mez Morrone)
Cenchrus arnhemicus
(F Muell Morrone)
Cenchrus bambusiformis
(E Fourn Morrone)
Cenchrus basedowii
(Summerh & CE Hubb Morrone)
Cenchrus chilensis
(E Desv Morrone)
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst ex Chiov Morrone)
Cenchrus complanatus
(Nees Morrone)
Cenchrus distachyus
(E Fourn Morrone)
Cenchrus domingensis
(Spreng ex Schult Morrone)
Cenchrus dowsonii
(Stapf & CE Hubb Morrone)
Cenchrus durus
(Beal Morrone)
Cenchrus flaccidus
(Griseb Morrone)
Cenchrus flexilis
(Mez Morrone)
Cenchrus foermeranus
(Leeke Morrone)
Cenchrus glaucocladus
(Stapf & CE Hubb Morrone)
Cenchrus hohenackeri
(Hochst ex Steud Morrone)
Cenchrus hordeoides
(Lam Morrone)
Cenchrus intectus
(Chase Morrone)
Cenchrus lanatus
(Klotzsch Morrone)
Cenchrus latifolius
(Spreng Morrone)
Cenchrus longissimus
(SL Chen & YX Jin Morrone)
Cenchrus macrourus
(Trin Morrone)
Cenchrus massaicus
(Stapf Morrone)
Cenchrus mezianus
(Leeke Morrone)
Cenchrus mildbraedii
(Mez Morrone)
Cenchrus monostigma
(Pilg Morrone)
Cenchrus occidentalis
(Chase Morrone)
Cenchrus orientalis
(Rich Morrone)
Cenchrus pauperus
(Nees ex Steud Morrone)
Cenchrus pedicellatus
(Trin Morrone)
Cenchrus peruvianus
(Trin Morrone)
Cenchrus petiolaris
(Hochst Morrone)
Cenchrus pilcomayensis
(Mez Morrone)
Cenchrus procerus
(Stapf Morrone)
Cenchrus prolificus
(Chase Morrone)
Cenchrus purpureus
(Schumach Morrone)
Cenchrus quianningensis
(SL Zhong Morrone)
Cenchrus ramosus
(Hochst Morrone)
Cenchrus riparius
(Hochst ex A Rich Morrone)
Cenchrus rupestris
(Chase Morrone)
Cenchrus sagittatus
(Henrard Morrone)
Cenchrus setaceus
(Forssk Morrone)
Cenchrus shaanxiensis
(SL Chen & YX Jin Morrone)
Cenchrus sichuanensis
(SL Chen & YX Jin Morrone)
Cenchrus sphacelatus
(Nees Morrone)
Cenchrus squamulatus
(Fresen Morrone)
Cenchrus stramineus
(Peter Morrone)
Cenchrus subangustus
(Schumach Morrone)
Cenchrus tempisquensis
(RW Pohl Morrone)
Cenchrus thulinii
(SM Phillips Morrone)
Cenchrus thunbergii
(Kunth Morrone)
Cenchrus trachyphyllus
(Pilg Morrone)
Cenchrus trisetus
(Leeke Morrone)
Cenchrus unisetus
(Nees Morrone)
Cenchrus violaceus
(Lam Morrone)
Cenchrus weberbaueri
(Mez Morrone)
Cenchrus michoacanus
(HF Gut & Morrone)
Cenchrus rigidus
(Griseb Morrone)
Cenchrus elegans
(Hassk Veldkamp)
Cenchrus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Cenchrus
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Cenchrus
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Cenchrus
Source:
Poaceae update
Acquired:
2010-09-01
Notes:
Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
Reference for:
Cenchrus
Source:
Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 2016
Acquired:
2016-05-06
Notes:
Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
Reference for:
Cenchrus
Publication(s):
Cenchrus: Geographic Information
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Cenchrus: Comments