Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus tristachyus (Kunth) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 347 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Venezuela to W. South America and NW. Argentina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pennisetum tristachyum.]

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

  • 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.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Gutiérrez, H.F. & Morrone, O. (2012). Novedades nomenclaturales en Cenchrus s.l. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 47: 263-269.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lewis, M.A. [88116] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum var. boliviense K002927137 Yes
[A. Miguel Bang Lectæ] [2340] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum var. boliviense K002927142 Yes
[A. MigueL Bang Lectæ] [2340] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum var. boliviense K002927141 Yes
Steinbach, J. [8172] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum var. boliviense K002927139 Yes
Buchtien, O. [451] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum var. boliviense K002927140 Yes
Seidel, R.; Hinojosa, I.; Cusicanqui, M. [1334] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum var. boliviense K002927138 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4741] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927073 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927123 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927108 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927110 Yes
Killip, E.P.; Smith, A.C. [19127] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927078 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F. [24425] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927113 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J. [19468] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927085 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4139] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927074 Yes
Venturi, S. [9555] Argentina Pennisetum tristachyum K002927175 Yes
Spruce, R. [0bis] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K000201723 Yes
André, É. [945] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927082 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12435] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927147 Yes
Nee, M. [35608] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927145 Yes
[H. I. K.] [1112] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927077 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927089 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927125 Yes
Dorr, L.J.; Stergios, B. [8700] Venezuela Pennisetum tristachyum K002927093 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K000201724 Yes
Martha [s.n.] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927090 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5394] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927117 Yes
Barclay, A.S.; Schultes, R.E.; Idrobo, J.M. [299] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927076 Yes
Smith, D.N.; Cabanillas, J. [7115] Peru Pennisetum tristachyum K002927136 Yes
Wasshausen, D.C.; Neumann, R.; Ezcurra, C.; Saravia Toledo, C. [1905] Argentina Pennisetum tristachyum K002927178 Yes
Holton, I.F. [s.n.] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927104 Yes
[illegible] [7926] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927116 Yes
Martha [s.n.] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927091 Yes
s.coll. [142] Australia Pennisetum tristachyum K002201975 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4658] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927102 Yes
Villacorta, R. [2510] El Salvador Pennisetum tristachyum K002926756 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K000201725 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3670] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927072 Yes
Linden, I. [329] Venezuela Pennisetum tristachyum K002927098 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927105 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927114 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Wendleburger, C. [16405] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927146 Yes
s.coll. [945] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927080 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7687] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927124 Yes
Fendler, A. [1670] Venezuela Pennisetum tristachyum K002927095 Yes
Lindig [1061] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927088 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927127 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927121 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Laegaard, S. [4967] Peru Pennisetum tristachyum K002927135 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Peru Pennisetum tristachyum K002927132 No
Wood, J.R.I. [4740] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927075 Yes
s.coll. [3419bis] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927119 Yes
Matuda, E. [2799] Mexico Pennisetum tristachyum K002926758 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Rury, P.M. [11129] Peru Pennisetum tristachyum K002927131 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Jelnes, I. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927126 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927122 Yes
Linden, I. [329] Venezuela Pennisetum tristachyum K002927097 Yes
Stergios, B.; Caracas, R. [18943] Venezuela Pennisetum tristachyum K002927092 Yes
s.coll. [3419bis] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927120 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Cornejo, X. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927128 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4171] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927101 Yes
Fendler, A. [1670] Venezuela Pennisetum tristachyum K002927096 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [15505] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927148 Yes
Venturi, S. [1349] Argentina Pennisetum tristachyum K002927176 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927112 Yes
Zuloaga, F.O.; Cialdella, A.; Ezcurra, C.; Ponce, M.; Vazquez Avila, M. [2774] Argentina Pennisetum tristachyum K002927179 Yes
s.coll. [945] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927079 Yes
[H. Fauej] [3] South Africa Pennisetum tristachyum K002926659 Yes
s.coll. [945] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927081 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927115 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [4368] Peru Pennisetum tristachyum K002927130 Yes
Beck, S.G. [1783] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927144 Yes
s.coll. [5419bis] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927118 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Galán, P.; Sánchez, R.; Villacorta, R.; Perla, F. [4684 [DR-04684]] El Salvador Pennisetum tristachyum K002926757 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927111 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927106 Yes
{L . Schlim} [191] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927103 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927109 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [4404] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927094 Yes
Beck, S.G. [1783] Bolivia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927143 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J. [19468] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927084 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5389] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927100 Yes
Smith, S.G.; Idrobo, J.M. [1701b] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927086 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927107 Yes
Schulz, A.G. [5102] Argentina Pennisetum tristachyum K002927177 Yes
Triana, J. [343] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927083 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5371] Colombia Pennisetum tristachyum K002927087 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum tristachyum K002927129 Yes
Linden, I. [329] Venezuela Pennisetum tristachyum K002927099 Yes

Sources

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

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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