Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus sphacelatus (Nees) Morrone

First published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 129 (2010)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Comoros, Réunion. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Swaziland, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Voeltzkow, A. (1917). Flora und Fauna der Comoren: 428-480.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204043 Yes
Pichi-Sermolli, R. [34] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766161 Yes
du Toit, P.C.V. [2341] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926539 Yes
Rehmann, A. [4490] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K000281266 Type Yes
McDonald, J. [993] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766288 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1455] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766287 Yes
s.coll. [75] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926530 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2785] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766269 Yes
Scott, H. [52] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766157 Yes
s.coll. [72] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926529 No
s.coll. [107] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926533 Yes
Richardson, A.J. [s.n.] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926519 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2430] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766296 Yes
West, O. [592] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926537 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5291] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766293 Yes
Botha, J.P. [14] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926545 Yes
Pappi, A. [2128] Eritrea Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766155 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1131] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766265 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17466] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926514 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [83] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926556 Yes
Braun, K.P. [1119] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926552 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7848] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766271 Yes
Drège South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K000281265 Type Yes
Luke, Q.; Hoft, M.; Mwatsuma, N. [8888] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766263 Yes
Mulvany, P.M. [106] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766159 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24752] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204044 Yes
Ash, J. [3633] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766156 Yes
Naiga [424] Uganda Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766262 Yes
Davidse, G. [9193] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766276 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [s.n.] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K002203423 Yes
[A. H. Taywe] [s.n.] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766292 Yes
[McClean Bayer] [299] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926527 Yes
Pole Evans, J.B.; Van Rensburg, C.J.J. [s.n.] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926511 Yes
Story, R. [3856] Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926544 Yes
Phillips, S.M. [52] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926016 Yes
Schimper [1046] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K002203422 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2764] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926011 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15080] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766270 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [756] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766267 Yes
s.coll. [250] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926523 Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Fries, R.E. [360] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766291 Yes
[G. W. StClair Thompson] [1262] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766303 Yes
Braun, K.P. [1040] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926550 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [2371] Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926531 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1481] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766290 Yes
Braun, K.P. [1016] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926553 Yes
Welch, J.R. [601] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000984075 Yes
Bidgood; Friis; Lemessa; Jeisen, K.; Sernun [s.n.] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766154 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5958] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766158 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2403] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204052 Yes
Steward [A32] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766167 Yes
Smook, L. [7074] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926554 Yes
Adamson, G. [416] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926018 Yes
Smook; Gibbs-Russell [2241] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926518 Yes
Taylor, H.J. [1305] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766286 Yes
Kafoot, O. [1489] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766281 No
Brunt, M. [1315] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766274 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [25003] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204045 Yes
Wood, J.M. [5989] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926528 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5349] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926017 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [31] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926561 Yes
Moll, E.J. [707] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926538 Yes
Tujoy, L.M. [118] Uganda Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766261 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2757] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766268 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4092] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766163 Yes
Routledge, W.S. [s.n.] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766284 Yes
[A. P. Goossens] [1034] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926522 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K95] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766272 Yes
[H. J. Shauty] [28] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766170 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [H40/32/8] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766302 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1346] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766165 Yes
Heady, H.F. [1670] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766300 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5814] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766160 Yes
Smook, L. [1194] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926542 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [6932] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926521 Yes
Lubke, R.A. [226] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926559 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6104] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766273 Yes
s.coll. [171] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926532 Yes
Pappi, A. [2128] Eritrea Pennisetum sphacelatum K002203424 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1383] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926525 Yes
Brynard, A.M. [200] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926547 Yes
Smook, L. [4692] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926517 Yes
Jackson, G. [1886] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926014 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Mbago, F. [24308] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204053 Yes
s.coll. [27564] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926549 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [17920] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926546 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1191] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766275 Yes
Napier, E.R. [1562] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766279 Yes
Powell, H. [17] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204048 Yes
Milne-redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10316] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204051 Yes
Wilms, F. [1699] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926512 Yes
Verdoorn, I.C. [1571] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926524 Yes
Dieterlen (M.); Dieterlen (Mme.) [560] Lesotho Pennisetum sphacelatum K001736071 Yes
Moreau, R.E. [95] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204050 Yes
Stewart [561] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766282 Yes
Smook, L. [1177] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926541 Yes
Smook, L. [4709] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926516 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1094] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766295 Yes
[H. Macun]; [Medley Wood] [7322] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926534 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1346] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766169 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N313] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926536 Yes
Moreau, R.E. [96] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766283 Yes
[C. G. Tropnell] [2102] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766278 Yes
Powell, H. [12] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204049 Yes
Burger, W. [692] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766168 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [78] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926560 Yes
Badenhorst, P. [2614] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926520 Yes
Ash, J. [2655] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766171 Yes
Stewart, D.R.M. [364] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204041 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom Pennisetum sphacelatum K002200684 No
Buchanan, J. [249] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K000281264 Type Yes
Linton, A. [178] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204046 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom Pennisetum sphacelatum K002200686 No
Procter, J. [3452] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766301 Yes
Scott, H. [35] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766162 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1750] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766266 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [970] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766299 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2627] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926509 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [6262] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926012 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1806] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766289 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5167] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766277 Yes
Katende, A.B. [KIII8] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766264 Yes
Edwards, S. [17] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766166 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9643] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926013 Yes
Drège South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K000281263 Isosyntype Yes
Smook; Gibbs-Russell [2306] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926515 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1517] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926508 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom Pennisetum sphacelatum K002200685 No
Killick, D.J.B. [1322] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926535 Yes
Braun, K.P. [1103] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926551 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Host, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6644] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766164 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [220] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766285 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [5651] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766298 Yes
Luke, Q.; Hoft, M.; Mwatsuma, N. [8888] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204039 Yes
Staples, R.R. [344] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766297 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [778] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926510 Yes
Jackson, G. [1886] Malawi Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926015 Yes
Smook, L. [0000003304] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926543 Yes
Smook, L. [7137] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926555 Yes
Thulin, M.; Tidigs, A. [277] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204042 Yes
Lyne Watt, W. [1124] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204047 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1650] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766280 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [6889] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926526 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [560] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926558 Yes
Smook, L. [1546] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926540 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [16586] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926548 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5096] Tanzania Pennisetum sphacelatum K000766294 Yes
Stordy, R.J. (Esq) [s.n.] Ethiopia Pennisetum sphacelatum K002203421 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N489] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926557 Yes
s.coll. [302] South Africa Pennisetum sphacelatum K002926513 Yes
Wesche, K. [1685] Kenya Pennisetum sphacelatum K002204040 Yes

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