Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 258 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Cambodia, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Galápagos, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Wake I., Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Geerinck, D. (1971). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Hypoxidaceae: 1-9. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thaman, R.R., Fosberg, F.R., Manner, H.I. & Hassall, D.C. (1994). The Flora of Nauru. Atoll Research Bulletin 392: 1-223.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Veldkamp, J.F. (2014). A revision of Cenchrus incl. Pennisetum (Gramineae) in Malesia with some general nomenclatural notes. Blumea 59: 59-75.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Roem. & Schult. in L., Syst. Veg. 2: 258 (1817).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Camus, E.G. & Camus, A. in H. Lecomte (1922). Flore Générale de l'indo-Chine 1(3): 193-336.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thaman, R.R., Fosberg, F.R., Manner, H.I. & Hassall, D.C. (1994). The Flora of Nauru. Atoll Research Bulletin 392: 1-223.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Millar, A.N. [NGF38448] Papua New Guinea K002928017 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] K002817659 Yes
Small, J.K.; Carter, J.J. [8711] Bahamas, The K002817647 Yes
McDonald; Sunaryo [4546] Indonesia K002927996 Yes
Elbert, J. [2074] K002927998 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [22] Thailand K000688354 Yes
Larsen, K. [8044] Thailand K000688369 Yes
Blake, S.T. [17415] Australia K002928049 Yes
Merrill [811] Philippines K002928014 Yes
Gardner [2364] Brazil K000004820 Yes
[V. Uhc] [2] K001736098 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Haiti K002817656 Yes
Buwalda, P. [4106] Indonesia K002928001 Yes
Darbyshire, P.J. [616] Papua New Guinea K002928029 Yes
Lobo, S. [1789] Costa Rica K001516865 Yes
Wiriadinata, H. [455] Indonesia K002927995 Yes
[illegible] K. Smith; Smith, K. [357] K002817621 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [699] Papua New Guinea K002928030 Yes
Aet; Idjan [255] Indonesia K002928040 Yes
Forster, R.H. [F17] K002927980 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [13121] Cuba K002817648 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [366] Philippines K002928009 Yes
Thorel (Dr) [487] K002927972 Yes
Dissing, H. [2717] Papua New Guinea K002928024 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4847] Brazil K001075835 Yes
Solano, D. [3143] Costa Rica K001925744 Yes
Galán, P. [5194] El Salvador K001925662 No
Mitchell, B.A. [113] Christmas Island K002927977 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002817191 Yes
Froggatt, J.L. [9] Papua New Guinea K002928028 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [2469] K002817190 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [10496] Haiti K002817655 Yes
Ramlanto [Ram394] Indonesia K002927999 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [47184] Micronesia, Federated States of K002928234 Yes
van Royen, P. [3357] Indonesia K002928034 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] K002817660 Yes
Powell, D.A. [340] Christmas Island K002927976 Yes
Larsen, K.; Smitinand, T.; Warncke, E. [1326] Thailand K000688273 Yes
Coode, M.; Cropley, T.; Katik, P. [NGF29750] Papua New Guinea K002928020 Yes
Wright, C. [308] Cuba K002817649 Yes
Henty, E. [NGF20981] Papua New Guinea K002928031 Yes
Romero, E.; Chavez, R. [29396] Philippines K002928006 Yes
D.J. [CI103] Christmas Island K002927978 Yes
Henty, E.E.; Katik, P. [NGF49821] Papua New Guinea K002928016 Yes
Politon [2] Indonesia K002928032 Yes
Gibbs, L.S. [2742] K002927987 Yes
Loher, A. [1689] K002928011 Yes
Coode, M.; Katik, P. [NGF40121] Papua New Guinea K002928018 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [83] Philippines K002928008 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K002928012 Yes
Janowsky, R.F. [513] Indonesia K002928041 Yes
Henty, E.E.; Katik, P. [NGF49822] Papua New Guinea K002928015 Yes
s.coll. [[JP]783] K002817650 Yes
s.coll. [UPNG1339] Papua New Guinea K002928023 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [7904] Thailand K000688368 Yes
Schodde, R. [4592] Papua New Guinea K002928021 Yes
Main [390] Indonesia K002928037 Yes
Evrard, M.; Evrard, F. [2505] K002927974 Yes
Ward, C.J. [4842] South Africa K002817193 Yes
Versteegh, C. [78] Indonesia K002928036 Yes
Thorel (Dr) [487] K002927975 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [2245] South Africa K002817192 Yes
Aet; Idjan [592] Indonesia K002928039 Yes
[U. E. G. Cultwell] [23] Papua New Guinea K002928038 Yes
Sinclair, J.; Edaño, G.E. [9726] Philippines K002928007 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000215205 Type Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Haiti K002817657 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [7824] Trinidad and Tobago K002817624 Yes
Afriastini, J.J. [1618] Indonesia K002927986 Yes
Strey, R.J. [5781] South Africa K002817195 Yes
Epstein [NGF17411] Papua New Guinea K002928022 Yes
Rahman [6758] K002927979 Yes
Wells, J. [NGF7395] Papua New Guinea K002928025 Yes
[Kornassi] [433] Indonesia K002927997 Yes
Gardner, G. [2524] Brazil K001075839 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Dominican Republic K002817658 Yes
Brown, R. [6140] Australia K000215206 Type Yes
McGregor; Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Philippines K002928013 Yes
Gardner, G. [3524] Brazil K001075838 Yes
Smook, L. [1906] South Africa K002817189 Yes
Brass, L.J. [24430] Papua New Guinea K002928035 Yes
Roberts, C. [s.n.] Philippines K002928010 Yes
Wiriadinata, H. [2967] Indonesia K002927994 Yes
de Schach, B. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002817625 Yes
Lindhard, E. [s.n.] Thailand K000688371 Yes
Saikeh; Aban [82340] Malaysia K002927983 Yes
[Thibulaicly] [10] Trinidad and Tobago K002817626 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10309] Brazil K001075836 Yes
Harris, W.H. [11237] Jamaica K002817651 Yes
Kent, C. [s.n.] South Africa K002817196 Yes
Cowie, I.D. [4682] Australia K002928048 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4063] Thailand K000621239 Yes
Fendler, A. [961] Trinidad and Tobago K002817627 Yes
Main; Aden [1580] Indonesia K002928004 Yes
Strey, R.G. [3410] South Africa K002817194 Yes
Fryar, D. [3635] Papua New Guinea K002928026 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002817620 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [5108] Papua New Guinea K002928033 Yes
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Jamaica K002817652 Yes
Put [241] Thailand K000621240 Yes
MacCreagh, G.; C.M.G. [s.n.] K002927982 Yes
Pullen, R. [6858] Papua New Guinea K002928019 Yes
Wong, K.M.; Ahmad, B. [WKM2530] Malaysia K002927984 Yes
Hoogerwerf, A. [12] Indonesia K002928003 Yes
Poilane, M. [30642] K002927973 Yes
Carr, C.E. [11180] Papua New Guinea K002928027 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [8430] Brazil K001075837 Yes
Soderstrom, T.; Bhorai, M.; Goodland, R.J. [1056] Trinidad and Tobago K002817623 Yes
[Hu Ridley] [9040] K002927981 Yes
Nedi [409] Indonesia K002928002 Yes
Parry, D.E. [17] Thailand K000688370 Yes
Kostermans; Wirawan [380] Indonesia K002927985 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12479] Jamaica K002817653 Yes
Lindhard, E. [56] Thailand K000688372 Yes
Buwalda, P. [5220] Indonesia K002928005 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] K002928000 Yes
Hill, G. [257] Trinidad and Tobago K002817622 Yes
Jenman [4011] Guyana Cenchrus dactylolepis K002817734 Yes

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