Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus prieurii (Kunth) Maire

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 523 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sahara to Myanmar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Assam, Burkina, Chad, Ethiopia, India, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Pathak, S. (2013). Cenchrus prieurii (Poaceae): a new record for north eastern India. Rheedea 23: 132-134.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 395
  • De Miré & Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. 3: 729.
  • F.T.A. 9: 1071
  • in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 2, 3: 523 (1931)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Pathak, S. (2013). Cenchrus prieurii (Poaceae): a new record for north eastern India. Rheedea 23: 132-134.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ahmad, J. [s.n.] Pakistan K002927915 Yes
[A. F. Hohenacher] [s.n.] Ethiopia K002928659 Yes
Diallo, D.; Hveem, B.; Mahmoud, M.A. [325bh] Mali K002928408 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2355] Sudan K002928658 Yes
[illegible] [3152] Sudan K002928655 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Sudan K002928651 Yes
Rossetti [168] Mali K002928409 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002927918 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K002928653 Yes
Bernays, E.A. [4] Mali K002928403 Yes
Davey, J.T. [069] Mali K002928411 Yes
Johnston, H.B. [3010] Sudan K002928645 Yes
Lean, O.B. [67] Niger K002928412 Yes
Hagerup, O. [274] Mali K002928410 Yes
Kotschy [4] Sudan K000281250 Type Yes
Kotschy [4] Sudan K000281249 Isotype Yes
Butler, J. [S107] Nigeria K002928422 Yes
Trabut, L. [s.n.] Algeria K002928420 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17072] Senegal K002928400 Yes
Anne, F. [P335] Burkina Faso K002928415 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K002928646 Yes
[Sadhi Singh] [s.n.] India K002927921 Yes
[illegible] [[252]] Mauritania K002928399 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [s.n.] India K002927919 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [962] Sudan K002928656 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21191] India K002927920 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17940] Senegal K002928402 Yes
Graves [s.n.] Senegal K002928404 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal K002928405 Yes
Trabut, L. [s.n.] Algeria K002928421 Yes
Hagerup, O. [611a] Niger K002928419 Yes
[illegible] Foundation [69] Niger K002928418 Yes
Qaiser, M.; [A. Ghafoor] [3780] Pakistan K002927916 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Sudan K002928654 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Traoré, S.A. [17072] Senegal K002928401 Yes
Adamson [166B] Senegal K002928406 Yes
Leprieur Senegal K000281248 Type Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A27] Sudan K002928648 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002927917 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [s.n.] Sudan K002928649 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [s.n.] Sudan K002928650 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [74] Sudan K002928652 Yes
Aglen [69] Sudan K002928657 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [629] Sudan K002928647 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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