Cenchrus
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| Cenchrus echinatus | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Genus: | Cenchrus L.[1] |
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Cenchropsis Nash |
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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.
The name comes from the Greek κεγχρος, an ancient term for a kind of millet and now translating as canary, canary grass.[citation needed]
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- 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]
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- ^ a b "Genus: Cenchrus L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2228. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "What is a Sandspur anyway?". shellkey.org. 2008-10-20. http://www.shellkey.org/updates.asp. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ "Cenchrus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=40569. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Cenchrus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2228. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). "Cenchrus". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00110.htm.
- Culbert, Dan (2003-10-19). "Sticky Sandspur". UF/IFAS Okeechobee County Extension Service. http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu/News%20columns/Sandspur.htm.
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