Cenchrus L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Desventurados Is., District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Central European Rus, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Easter Is., France, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Idaho, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazan-retto, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Line Is., Madeira, Magadan, Maluku, Marcus I., Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique Channel I, Nauru, New Zealand South, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Phoenix Is., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Rodrigues, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, South Australia, South China Sea, South European Russi, Spain, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tasmania, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Yugoslavia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Raram Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 35, 597 (1763)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Amphochaeta Andersson in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 136 (1855)
- Beckeropsis Fig. & De Not. in Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 49 (1853)
- Catatherophora Steud. in Flora 12: 465 (1829)
- Cenchropsis Nash in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 109 (1903)
- Echinaria Heist. ex Fabr. in Enum.: 206 (1759), nom. rej.
- Eriochaeta Fig. & De Not. in Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 58 (1853)
- Gymnotrix P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 60 (1812)
- Kikuyuochloa H.Scholz in Feddes Repert. 117: 513 (2006)
- Lloydia Delile in Index Seminum (MPU, Monspeliensis) 1844: 3 (1844), nom. illeg.
- Odontelytrum Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 48: 86 (1898)
- Penicillaria Willd. in Enum. Pl.: 1036 (1809)
- Pennisetum Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72 (1805)
- Pseudochaetochloa Hitchc. in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 492 (1924)
- Runcina Allamand in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 4: 94 (1770)
- Sericura Hassk. in Flora 25(Beibl. 2): 2 (1842)
Accepted Species
- Cenchrus abyssinicus (Hack.) Morrone
- Cenchrus agrimonioides Trin.
- Cenchrus alopecuroides (L.) Thunb.
- Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
- Cenchrus annuus (Mez) Morrone
- Cenchrus arnhemicus (F.Muell.) Morrone
- Cenchrus articularis (Trin.) M.W.Tornab. & W.L.Wagner
- Cenchrus basedowii (Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.) Morrone
- Cenchrus beckeroides (Leeke) ined.
- Cenchrus biflorus Roxb.
- Cenchrus brevisetosus (B.K.Simon) B.K.Simon
- Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.
- Cenchrus cafer (Bory) Veldkamp
- Cenchrus caliculatus Cav.
- Cenchrus caudatus (Schrad.) Kuntze
- Cenchrus chilensis (É.Desv.) Morrone
- Cenchrus ciliaris L.
- Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
- Cenchrus complanatus (Nees) Morrone
- Cenchrus × cupreus (Thorpe) Govaerts
- Cenchrus distachyus (E.Fourn.) Morrone
- Cenchrus distichophyllus Griseb.
- Cenchrus divisus (J.F.Gmel.) Verloove, Govaerts & Buttler
- Cenchrus domingensis (Spreng. ex Schult.) Morrone
- Cenchrus durus (Beal) Morrone
- Cenchrus echinatus L.
- Cenchrus elegans (Hassk.) Veldkamp
- Cenchrus elymoides F.Muell.
- Cenchrus exiguus (Mez) ined.
- Cenchrus flaccidus (Griseb.) Morrone
- Cenchrus flexilis (Mez) Morrone
- Cenchrus foermerianus (Leeke) Morrone
- Cenchrus geniculatus Thunb.
- Cenchrus glaucifolius (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Rudov
- Cenchrus gracilescens (Hochst.) Zon
- Cenchrus gracillimus Nash
- Cenchrus henryanus (F.Br.) M.W.Tornab. & W.L.Wagner
- Cenchrus hohenackeri (Hochst. ex Steud.) Morrone
- Cenchrus hordeoides (Lam.) Morrone
- Cenchrus intectus (Chase) Morrone
- Cenchrus lanatus (Klotzsch) Morrone
- Cenchrus latifolius (Spreng.) Morrone
- Cenchrus laxius (Clayton) Zon
- Cenchrus ledermannii (Mez) ined.
- Cenchrus longisetus M.C.Johnst.
- Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald
- Cenchrus longissimus (S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin) Morrone
- Cenchrus × longistylus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Thulin & S.M.Phillips
- Cenchrus massaicus (Stapf) Morrone
- Cenchrus mezianus (Leeke) Morrone
- Cenchrus michoacanus H.F.Gut. & Morrone
- Cenchrus mitis Andersson
- Cenchrus monostigma (Pilg.) Morrone
- Cenchrus multiflorus J.Presl
- Cenchrus mutilatus Kuntze
- Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth
- Cenchrus nanus (Engl.) ined.
- Cenchrus nervosus (Nees) Kuntze
- Cenchrus nodiflorus (Franch.) Zon
- Cenchrus nubicus (Hochst.) Zon
- Cenchrus occidentalis (Chase) Morrone
- Cenchrus orientalis (Rich.) Morrone
- Cenchrus palmeri Vasey
- Cenchrus pauper (Steud.) Morrone
- Cenchrus pedicellatus (Trin.) Morrone
- Cenchrus pennisetiformis Steud.
- Cenchrus peruvianus (Trin.) Morrone
- Cenchrus petiolaris (Hochst.) Morrone
- Cenchrus pilcomayensis (Mez) Morrone
- Cenchrus pilosus Kunth
- Cenchrus pirottae (Chiov.) Zon
- Cenchrus platyacanthus Andersson
- Cenchrus preslii (Kunth) ined.
- Cenchrus prieurii (Kunth) Maire
- Cenchrus procerus (Stapf) Morrone
- Cenchrus prolificus (Chase) Morrone
- Cenchrus pseudotriticoides (A.Camus) Voronts.
- Cenchrus pumilus (Hack.) ined.
- Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
- Cenchrus qianningensis (S.L.Zhong) Morrone
- Cenchrus ramosus (Hochst.) Morrone
- Cenchrus rigidus (Griseb.) Morrone
- Cenchrus riparius (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Morrone
- Cenchrus robustus R.D.Webster
- Cenchrus rupestris (Chase) Morrone
- Cenchrus sagittatus (Henrard) Morrone
- Cenchrus schweinfurthii (Pilg.) Zon
- Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone
- Cenchrus setigerus Vahl
- Cenchrus setosus Sw.
- Cenchrus shaanxiensis (S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin) Morrone
- Cenchrus sichuanensis (S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin) Morrone
- Cenchrus sieberianus (Schltdl.) Verloove
- Cenchrus somalensis Clayton
- Cenchrus sphacelatus (Nees) Morrone
- Cenchrus spinifex Cav.
- Cenchrus squamulatus (Fresen.) Morrone
- Cenchrus stramineus (Peter) Morrone
- Cenchrus tempisquensis (R.W.Pohl) Morrone
- Cenchrus thulinii (S.M.Phillips) Morrone
- Cenchrus trachyphyllus (Pilg.) Morrone
- Cenchrus tribuloides L.
- Cenchrus trisetus (Leeke) Morrone
- Cenchrus tristachyus (Kunth) Kuntze
- Cenchrus uliginosus (Hack.) ined.
- Cenchrus unisetus (Nees) Morrone
- Cenchrus violaceus (Lam.) Morrone
- Cenchrus weberbaueri (Mez) Morrone
- Cenchrus yemensis (Deflers) Rudov & Akhani
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- De Lisle in Iowa State J. Sci. 37: 259 (1963)
- F.T.A. 9: 1070 (1934).
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 470 (1754)
- Sp. Pl. 1049 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
- De Lisle in Iowa State Journ. Sci. 37: 259–351 (1963).
- Sp. Pl.: 1049 (1753).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- De Lisle in Iowa State Journ. Sci. 37: 259 (1963)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 470 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 1049 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3978/a], Brazil | K001106067 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8650] | Penicillaria | K001131118 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0