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Cenchrus  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 40569

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pennisetum Rich.
  
    Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng.
  
    Panicum alopecuroides L.
  
    Cenchropsis Nash
  
    Echinaria Fabr.
  
    Gymnothrix K. Sprengel
  
    Kikuyuochloa H. Scholz
  
    Nastus Lunell
  
    Penicellaria Kunth
  
    Penicillaria Willd.
  
    Panicum alopecuroideum L.
  
    Beckeropsis Fig. & De Not.
  
    Pennisetum alopecuroides Spreng.
  
  Common Name(s): sandbur [English]
  
    fountaingrass [English]
  
    Kikuyu grass [English]
  
    kikuyugrass [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2016   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusCenchrus L. – sandbur, fountaingrass, Kikuyu grass, kikuyugrass  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Cenchrus abyssinicus (Hack.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus advena (Wipff & Veldkamp) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus agrimonioides Trin. – kamanomano 
                                  Species Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone – pearl millet 
                                  Species Cenchrus annuus (Mez) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus arnhemicus (F. Muell.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus bambusiformis (E. Fourn.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus basedowii (Summerh. & C.E. Hubb.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus biflorus Roxb. – Indian sandburr 
                                  Species Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult. – slimbristle sandbur 
                                  Species Cenchrus chilensis (E. Desv.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus ciliaris L. – buffelgrass 
                                  Species Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus complanatus (Nees) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus distachyus (E. Fourn.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus distichophyllus Griseb.  
                                  Species Cenchrus domingensis (Spreng. ex Schult.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus dowsonii (Stapf & C.E. Hubb.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus durus (Beal) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus echinatus L. – southern sandbur, field sandbur, sandburr, burgrass, common sandbur, konpeito-gusa, se mbulabula, vao tui tui 
                                  Species Cenchrus elegans (Hassk.) Veldkamp  
                                  Species Cenchrus flaccidus (Griseb.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus flexilis (Mez) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus foermeranus (Leeke) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus glaucocladus (Stapf & C.E. Hubb.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus gracillimus Nash – slender sandbur 
                                  Species Cenchrus hohenackeri (Hochst. ex Steud.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus hordeoides (Lam.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis – field sandbur, coast sandspur, sandbur, southern sandbur, spiny burrgrass 
                                  Species Cenchrus intectus (Chase) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus lanatus (Klotzsch) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus latifolius (Spreng.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus longisetus M.C. Johnst.  
                                  Species Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald – field sandbur, innocent-weed, mat sandbur, burgrass, longspine sandbur, sandbur 
                                  Species Cenchrus longissimus (S.L. Chen & Y.X. Jin) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus macrourus (Trin.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus massaicus (Stapf ) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus mezianus (Leeke) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus michoacanus H.F. Gut. & Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus mildbraedii (Mez) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus monostigma (Pilg.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus multiflorus J. Presl  
                                  Species Cenchrus mutilatus Kuntze  
                                  Species Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth – big sandbur 
                                  Species Cenchrus nervosus (Nees) Kuntze  
                                  Species Cenchrus occidentalis (Chase) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus orientalis (Rich.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus palmeri Vasey  
                                  Species Cenchrus pauperus (Nees ex Steud.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus pedicellatus (Trin.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus peruvianus (Trin.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus petiolaris (Hochst.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus pilcomayensis (Mez) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus pilosus Kunth  
                                  Species Cenchrus platyacanthus Andersson  
                                  Species Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus procerus (Stapf) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus prolificus (Chase) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. – black fountaingrass, Chinese fountaingrass, black fountain grass 
                                  Species Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus quianningensis (S.L. Zhong) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus ramosus (Hochst.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus rigidus (Griseb.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus riparius (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus rupestris (Chase) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus sagittatus (Henrard) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus setiger Vahl – cow sandbur 
                                  Species Cenchrus shaanxiensis (S.L. Chen & Y.X. Jin) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus sichuanensis (S.L. Chen & Y.X. Jin) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus sphacelatus (Nees) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus spinifex Cav. – coastal sandbur 
                                  Species Cenchrus squamulatus (Fresen.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus stramineus (Peter) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus subangustus (Schumach.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus tempisquensis (R.W. Pohl) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus thulinii (S.M. Phillips) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus thunbergii (Kunth) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus trachyphyllus (Pilg.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus tribuloides L. – sanddune sandbur 
                                  Species Cenchrus trisetus (Leeke) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus tristachyus (Kunth) Kuntze  
                                  Species Cenchrus unisetus (Nees) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus violaceus (Lam.) Morrone  
                                  Species Cenchrus weberbaueri (Mez) Morrone  
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 2016, database (version 2014)  
  Acquired: 2016   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Cenchrus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Cenchrus   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Cenchrus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cenchrus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
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