Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus peruvianus (Trin.) Morrone

First published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 128 (2010)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Venezuela to W. South America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

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.
  • 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.

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?
Wood, J.R.I. [4776] Colombia Pennisetum peruvianum K002926971 Yes
Wasshausen, D.C.; Encarnación, F. [853] Peru Pennisetum peruvianum K002926981 Yes
Hutchison, P.C.; Kenneth Wright, J. [3863] Peru Pennisetum peruvianum K002926983 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Lozano, P.; Sanchez, A. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K002926974 Yes
Stergios, B.; Dorr, L.J.; Wurdack, K.J.; Niño, S.M. [20695] Venezuela Pennisetum peruvianum K002926967 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K000201721 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K002926973 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5404] Colombia Pennisetum peruvianum K002926970 Yes
s.coll. [1118] Colombia Pennisetum peruvianum K002926968 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Refulio Roidriguez, N. [15118] Peru Pennisetum peruvianum K002926982 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5404] Colombia Pennisetum peruvianum K002926972 Yes
Ollgaard, B.; Roth, S.; Sperling, C. [35541] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K002926978 Yes
Blair, I.J. [832] Peru Pennisetum peruvianum K002926984 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Lozano, P.; Sanchez, A. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K002926975 Yes
Spruce, R. [5937] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K000201720 Yes
Davidse, G.; Gonzalez, A.C. [18890] Venezuela Pennisetum peruvianum K002926966 Yes
Laegaard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K002926977 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4321] Colombia Pennisetum peruvianum K002926969 Yes
Smith, D.N. [4134] Peru Pennisetum peruvianum K002926980 Yes
Laegaard, S. [102616] Ecuador Pennisetum peruvianum K002926979 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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