Taxonomy Profile: Cenchrus echinatus (L)

Cenchrus echinatus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Cenchrus echinatus var. hillebrandianus
Hitchc F Br
Cenchrus brevisetus
E Fourn
Cenchrus cavanillesii
Tausch
Cenchrus crinitus
Mez
Cenchrus echinatus
Cav
Cenchrus hillebrandianus
Hitchc
Cenchrus insularis
Scribn
Cenchrus lechleri
Steud ex Lechler
Cenchrus macrocarpus
Ledeb ex Steud
Cenchrus pungens
Kunth
Cenchrus echinatus var. brevisetus
E Fourn Scribn
Cenchrus echinatus var. glabratus
F Br
Cenchrus echinatus var. morisonii
Kuntze
Common Name(s):
southern sandbur []
sandburr []
burgrass []
common sandbur []
konpeito-gusa []
se mbulabula []
vao tui tui []
field sandbur []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cenchrus echinatus: 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 |
Species : Cenchrus echinatus
southern sandbur |
sandburr |
burgrass |
common sandbur |
konpeito-gusa |
se mbulabula |
vao tui tui |
field sandbur |
Cenchrus echinatus Direct Children(s):
Cenchrus echinatus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Cenchrus echinatus
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 echinatus
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 echinatus
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 echinatus
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 echinatus
Source:
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, 2016
Acquired:
2016-12-01
Notes:
Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm
Reference for:
Cenchrus echinatus
Publication(s):
Cenchrus echinatus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Caribbean Territories / Native
Cenchrus echinatus: Comments