Taxonomy Profile: Cenchrus polystachios (L Morrone)

Cenchrus polystachios: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Pennisetum setosum
Sw Rich
Pennisetum polystachyon
L JA Schultes
Pennisetum polystachyon ssp. setosum
Sw Brunken
Pennisetum polystachion
L Schult
Cenchrus retusus
Sw
Cenchrus setosus
Sw
Gymnothrix geniculata
Schult
Gymnotrix geniculata
Schult
Gymnotrix polystachya
L Sw ex Trin
Panicum cenchroides
Rich
Panicum densispica
Poir
Panicum erubescens
Willd
Panicum fuscescens
Willd ex Nees
Panicum polystachion
L
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Desv ex Ham
Pennisetum breve
Nees
Pennisetum dasistachyum
Desv
Pennisetum erubescens
Willd Desv ex Ham
Pennisetum erubescens
Willd Link
Pennisetum flavescens
J Presl
Pennisetum hamiltonii
Steud
Pennisetum hirsutum
Nees
Pennisetum nicaraguense
E Fourn
Pennisetum pallidum
Nees
Pennisetum polystachyum
L Schult
Pennisetum purpurascens
Kunth
Pennisetum richardii
Kunth
Pennisetum sieberi
Kunth
Pennisetum uniflorum
Kunth
Setaria cenchroides
Rich Roem & Schult
Setaria erubescens
Willd P Beauv
Pennisetum polystachion ssp. setosum
Sw Brunken
Pennisetum indicum var. purpurascens
Kunth Kuntze
Pennisetum setosum var. breve
Nees Döll
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cenchrus polystachios: 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 polystachios Direct Children(s):
Cenchrus polystachios ssp. atrichus
(Stapf & CE Hubb Morrone)
Cenchrus polystachios: 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 polystachios
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 polystachios
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 polystachios
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 polystachios
Cenchrus polystachios: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Hawaii / Introduced
Cenchrus polystachios: Comments