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Cenchrus mezianus  (Leeke) Morrone
Taxonomic Serial No.: 796713

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                  SpeciesCenchrus mezianus (Leeke) Morrone  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Robert J. Soreng   
  Notes: Chief Editor of the Catalogue of New World Grasses; Research Associate (Botany), Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chemisquy, M. Amelia, Liliana M. Giussani, Maria A. Scataglini, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, and O. Morrone   
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals of Botany, vol. 106, no. 1   
  Page(s): 107-130   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0305-7364   
  Notes: Online ISSN 1095-8290; doi:10.1093/aob/mcq090   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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