Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus mitis Andersson

First published in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 553 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to Mozambique. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 54 (1958).
  • Anderss. in Peters, Reise Mossamb., Bot. 2: 554 (1864).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 92 (1965).
  • Stapf & C. E. Hubbard in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 1078 (1934).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Haly] [617] Tanzania K002816964 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [[25/73]] Kenya K002816954 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1069] Tanzania K002816975 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1539] Tanzania K002816974 Yes
Williams, G.R. [720] Tanzania K002816970 Yes
Last, J.T. [s.n.] Tanzania K002816981 Yes
Walker, J. [16] Kenya K002816961 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [125] Kenya K002816940 Yes
Holst, C. [2763] Tanzania K002816965 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2533] Kenya K002816943 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3398] Tanzania K002816979 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [787] Kenya K002816950 Yes
Gray, M.T. [362] Kenya K002816945 Yes
Verdcourt [1091] Kenya K002816952 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [Semsei 2359] Tanzania K002816971 Yes
Grant, D.K.S. [876] Kenya K002816955 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [161] Tanzania K002816969 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [1001] Kenya K002816959 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [5334] Tanzania K002816963 Yes
Watson, W.N. [1946] Kenya K002816958 Yes
Peters Mozambique K000281108 Isotype Yes
Peters Mozambique K000281109 Isotype Yes
Peters Mozambique K000281110 Type Yes
Battiscombe, E. [454] Kenya K002816962 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2369] Tanzania K002816977 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [S 1323] Tanzania K002816972 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2350] Tanzania K002816976 Yes
Allen, J.A. [74] Kenya K002816944 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2492] Tanzania K002816978 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [574] Kenya K002816951 Yes
Napier, E.R. [6380] Kenya K002816956 Yes
Church, M.E. [104] Kenya K002816957 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [1056] Tanzania K002816980 Yes
[T. K. Mutiso] [8a] Kenya K002816949 Yes
[Eichenger] [[G] 6264] Tanzania K002816966 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3816] Kenya K002816948 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [93] Kenya K002816947 Yes
Staples, R.R. [342] Tanzania K002816967 Yes
Mearns, E. [2155] Kenya K002816960 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10832] Kenya K002816953 Yes
Williams Sangai, G.R. [818] Kenya K002816946 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4643] Tanzania K002816973 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0