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Taxon: Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. atrichus (Stapf & C. E. Hubb.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464277

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:129. 2010

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

17-Jan-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Basionym: Pennisetum atrichum Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
(≡) Pennisetum polystachion subsp. atrichum (Stapf & C. E. Hubb.) Brunken

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria (n.), Senegal, Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

References:

Chemisquy, M. A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:107-130.
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
Renno, J. -F. et al. 1995. Variation and geographical distribution of ploidy levels in Pennisetum section Brevivalvula (Poaceae) in Burkina Faso, Benin and southern Niger. Pl. Syst. Evol. 198:89-100. Note: it examined 135 samples of Cenchrus polystachios in a broad sense, it found diploid, tetraploid, pentaploid and mostly hexaploid plants

Check other web resources for Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. atrichus (Stapf & C. E. Hubb.) Morrone :

On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=464277. Accessed 3 July 2024.