Taxonomy Profile: Cenchrus tristachyus (Kunth Kuntze)

Cenchrus tristachyus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Pennisetum tristachyum
Kunth Spreng
Gymnothrix tristachya
Döll
Gymnotrix tristachya
Kunth
Pennisetum tristachyon
Spreng
Pennisetum tristachyum ssp. boliviense
Chase
Pennisetum tristachyum var. jamesoni
Leeke
Pennisetum tristachyum var. ruizianum
Leeke
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cenchrus tristachyus: 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 tristachyus Direct Children(s):
Cenchrus tristachyus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
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 tristachyus
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 tristachyus
Publication(s):
Cenchrus tristachyus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cenchrus tristachyus: Comments