Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus caliculatus Cav.

First published in Icon. 5: 39 (1799)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Lesser Sunda Islands to N. & E. Australia and Pacific. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Kermadec Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Marquesas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Bismarck Archipelago, Philippines

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Veldkamp, J.F. (2014). A revision of Cenchrus incl. Pennisetum (Gramineae) in Malesia with some general nomenclatural notes. Blumea 59: 59-75.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Peekel, P.G. (1984). Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago for Naturalists: 1-638. Office of Forests, Division of Botany, Lae, Papua New Guinea.
  • St. John, H. (1988). Census of the Flora of the Gambier islands, Polynesia. Pacific Plant Studies 43: 1-34.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Winders, C.W. [2] Australia K002928075 Yes
Tawada, S. [2205] Japan K002927768 Yes
Coveny, R.G.; Benson, D.; Bryant, H. (Dr) [7528] Australia K002928081 Yes
Florence [10642] K002928236 Yes
Seemann, B. [688] Fiji K002928250 Yes
Milne [163] Fiji K002928248 Yes
Pullen, R. [3250] Papua New Guinea K002928043 Yes
Cuming, H. [1375] K002928225 Yes
Hillebrand [505] K002928290 Yes
Cheeseman, T.F. [76] K002928224 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002928265 Yes
Brown, F.B.H.; Brown, E.D.W. [431] French Polynesia K001056125 Type Yes
Pancher, M. [s.n.] New Caledonia K002928289 Yes
Sykes, W.R. [236/K] K002928223 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K002928056 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [307] Fiji K002928241 Yes
Jackson, G.K. [s.n.] Australia K002928065 Yes
Beechey, F.W. [s.n.] K001056189 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [15151] Australia K002928080 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [366] K002928239 Yes
Florence, J. [8455] French Polynesia K002928272 Yes
s.coll. [18030] Australia K002928076 Yes
Horne, J. [s.n.] Fiji K002928251 Yes
Mueller, F. [53] Australia K002928067 Yes
Tawada, S. [2205] Japan K002927767 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000215204 Type Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K002928055 Yes
Smith, A.C. [1104] Fiji K002928237 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [85] Fiji K002928243 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [150] Fiji K002928242 Yes
Sykes, W.R. [s.n.] K002928222 Yes
s.coll. [153] Australia K002928087 Yes
Brown, R. [6141] Australia K000215202 Isotype Yes
Greenwood, W. [664] Fiji K002928246 Yes
Soakai, E. [694] Tonga K002928254 Yes
Cawak [s.n.] K002928291 Yes
Blake, S.T. [9871] Australia K002928059 Yes
Crosby, C.S. [195] K002928267 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia K002928063 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [236] Fiji K002928244 Yes
Vane, N. [s.n.] Australia K002928077 Yes
s.coll. [1098] Australia K002928079 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [4057] New Caledonia K002928262 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2416] Australia K002928072 Yes
Milne [185] K002928285 Yes
Florence; Sykes [11292] French Polynesia K002928273 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [38659] K002928279 Yes
Woolls, W. [s.n.] Australia K000215203 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacKee, H.S. [25502] K002928275 Yes
White, C.T. [7709] Australia K002928051 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5831] Australia K002928058 Yes
Simon, B.K. [2520] Australia K002928070 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [38673] K002928281 Yes
Smith, A.C. [7942] Fiji K002928253 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [3574] Australia K002928071 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia K002928061 Yes
Johnson, S. [114] Tonga K002928264 Yes
Sykes, W.R. [193/FP] French Polynesia K002928252 Yes
Whitmee, S.J. [s.n.] Samoa K002928266 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2569] Australia K002928069 Yes
Horne, E. (Sir) [s.n.] K002928270 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [189] Fiji K002928245 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [7178] Tonga K002928278 Yes
Rodway, F.A. [715] Australia K002928084 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [128] K002928240 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [26790] K002928280 Yes
Yuncker, T.G. [10213] K002928263 Yes
Hennecart, J. [1879] New Caledonia K002928284 Yes
Moseley (Mr) [s.n.] K002928268 Yes
[Woolls] [s.n.] Australia K002928086 Yes
s.coll. [4731] Papua New Guinea K002928042 Yes
Bowman [s.n.] Australia K002928068 Yes
MacKee, M. [19] New Caledonia K002928257 Yes
Rodway, F.A. [672] Australia K002928083 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002928271 Yes
Powell, T. [s.n.] K001056188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] K002928261 Yes
MacKee, M. [19] New Caledonia K002928276 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [63104] K002928258 Yes
[W. Woolls] [s.n.] Australia K002928085 Yes
Jackson, G.K. [s.n.] Australia K002928064 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia K002928062 Yes
Mueller [s.n.] Australia K002928053 Yes
Vane, N. [NSW 66045] Australia K002928078 Yes
Labillardière, J.J.H. [s.n.] New Caledonia K001056190 Type Yes
Snow, N.W. [7758] Australia K002928050 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [10178] Australia K002928054 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [21615] K002928277 Yes
Veillon, J.M. [3412] New Caledonia K002928274 Yes
Vieillard [1483] K002928283 Yes
Smith, A.C. [4292] Fiji K002928235 Yes
Milne [375] Fiji K002928249 Yes
Davies, W. [s.n.] Australia K002928082 Yes
Henderson, R. [H366] Australia K002928052 Yes
Pancher, M. [s.n.] New Caledonia K002928282 Yes
Oliver, W.R.B. [s.n.] K002928226 Yes
Grant, M.L. [4156] K002928259 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2416] Australia K002928074 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K002928057 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [762] K002928287 Yes
Blake [119] Australia K002928066 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [3574] Australia K002928073 Yes
Kajewski, S.J. [358] K002928260 Yes
Greenwood, W. [664] Fiji K002928247 Yes
Pancher, M. [s.n.] New Caledonia K002928286 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002928269 Yes
Williams, A.S. [s.n.] Australia K002928060 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [345] Fiji K002928238 Yes
Wood, K.R. [6891] Tonga K002928256 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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