Cenchrus

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Cenchrus
Cenchrus echinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Paniceae
Genus: Cenchrus
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms

Cenchropsis Nash
Echinaria Fabr.
Nastus Lunell
Raram Adans.[1]

Cenchrus is a genus of about 25 species of grasses in the family Poaceae. Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand spur.[2] Some botanists include the genus within the related genus Pennisetum.

Species

  • Cenchrus mitis Andersson
  • Cenchrus multiflorus J.Presl
  • Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth
  • Cenchrus palmeri Vasey
  • Cenchrus pilosus Kunth
  • Cenchrus platyacanthus Andersson
  • Cenchrus prieurii
  • Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb.
  • Cenchrus robustus
  • Cenchrus somalensis
  • Cenchrus spinifex Cav. – coastal sandbur
  • Cenchrus tribuloides L. – sanddune sandbur[3][4]

Formerly placed here

  • Echinaria capitata (L.) Desf. (as C. capitatus L.)
  • Mnesithea granularis (L.) de Koning & Sosef (as C. granularis L.)
  • Pennisetum pennisetiforme (Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff (as C. pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud.)
  • Pennisetum prieurii Kunth (as C. prieurii (Kunth) Maire)
  • Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. (as C. asperifolius Desf.)
  • Pennisetum setigerum (Vahl) Wipff (as C. montanus Nees ex Steud. or C. setiger Vahl)
  • Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) Rich. (as C. setosus Sw.)
  • Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen (as C. parviflorus Poir.)
  • Trachys muricata (L.) Pers. (as C. muricatus L.)
  • Tragus racemosus (L.) All. (as C. racemosus L.)[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Cenchrus L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 
  2. ↑ "What is a Sandspur anyway?". shellkey.org. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
  3. ↑ "Cenchrus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "GRIN Species Records of Cenchrus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 

References

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