Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Yemen

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Baleares, Bermuda, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Gulf States, Hawaii, Italy, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Malaya, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oregon, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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

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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
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• Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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