Taxonomy Profile: Cenchrus latifolius (Spreng Morrone)

Cenchrus latifolius: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Pennisetum latifolium
Spreng
Gymnothrix latifolia
Spreng Schult ex Roem & Schult
Gymnotrix latifolia
Spreng Schult
Pennisetum lechleri
Steud ex Lechler
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cenchrus latifolius: 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 latifolius Direct Children(s):
Cenchrus latifolius: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Robert J. Soreng
Notes:
Chief Editor of the Catalogue of New World Grasses; Research Associate (Botany), Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Reference for:
Cenchrus latifolius
Source(s):
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 latifolius
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Chemisquy, M. Amelia, Liliana M. Giussani, Maria A. Scataglini, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, and O. Morrone
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2010-07-01 / 2010-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Annals of Botany, vol. 106, no. 1
Page(s):
107-130
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0305-7364
Notes:
Online ISSN 1095-8290; doi:10.1093/aob/mcq090
Reference for:
Cenchrus latifolius
Cenchrus latifolius: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cenchrus latifolius: Comments