Taxonomy Profile: Cenchrus nervosus (Nees Kuntze)

Cenchrus nervosus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Pennisetum nervosum
Nees Trin
Gymnothrix nervosa
Nees
Gymnotrix nervosa
Nees
Cenchrus nervosus var. ramosus
Kuntze
Pennisetum setosum var. laxiusculum
Hack
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cenchrus nervosus: 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 nervosus Direct Children(s):
Cenchrus nervosus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
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 nervosus
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 nervosus
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 nervosus
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 nervosus
Publication(s):
Cenchrus nervosus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Introduced
Cenchrus nervosus: Comments