Poaceae
Cenchrus

Cenchrus sieberianus (Schltdl.) Verloove

First published in Willdenowia 42: 78 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Sahara and Angola. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Libya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo

Introduced into:

Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

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

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wood, J.R.I. [3428] Yemen Pennisetum sieberianum K002201015 Yes
Fernandez, J. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia Pennisetum sieberianum K001734034 Yes
Last, J.T. [1909] Saudi Arabia Pennisetum sieberianum K002201023 Yes
Fernandez, J. [2535] Oman Pennisetum sieberianum K002201020 Yes
Trott, A.C.; Wall, J.W. [85] Saudi Arabia Pennisetum sieberianum K002201013 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8506/2] Oman Pennisetum sieberianum K002201018 Yes
Last, J.T. [1909] Saudi Arabia Pennisetum sieberianum K002201022 Yes
Cope, T.A. [165] Oman Pennisetum sieberianum K002201019 Yes
Barbosa, E. [459] Brazil Pennisetum sieberianum K001106084 Yes
Cope, T.A. [166] Oman Pennisetum sieberianum K002201016 Yes
Fernandez, J. [1267] Oman Pennisetum sieberianum K002201017 Yes
s.coll. [4695] Libya Pennisetum sieberianum K002201101 Yes
Barter [1376] Nigeria Pennisetum sieberianum K000281302 Type Yes
Fernandez, J. [1366] Oman Pennisetum sieberianum K002201021 Yes
Ferrards, J. [1276] Oman Pennisetum sieberianum K002201014 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7909] Saudi Arabia Pennisetum sieberianum K002201012 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Laegaard, S.; Mipro, H.; Soberé, T. [18247] Burkina Faso Pennisetum stenostachyum K000731224 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • Seed Collection Guides

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