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Taxon: Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464280

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

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

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

(=) Cenchrus asperifolius Desf.
(I) Pennisetum asperifolium auct.
(=) Pennisetum rueppelianum hort. ex Mez
(=) Pennisetum ruppelii Steud.
(=) Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.
Basionym: Phalaris setacea Forssk.

Common names:

fountain grass (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
tender fountain grass (Source: F NAmer) - English
pronkgras (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
afrikanisches Lampenputzergras (Source: Zander Ency) - German
einjähriges Lampenputzergras (Source: Zander Ency) - German
fjäderborstgräs (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental; ornamental; ornamental
Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicilia]

Naturalized

Africa

MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sardegna]
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Portugal, Spain

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Tennessee]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (s.), Nevada (s.)]

Pacific

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia

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.
Dujardin, M. & W. W. Hanna. 1989. Crossability of Pearl Millet with wild Pennisetum species. Crop Sci. (Madison) 29:77-80. Note: = Pennisetum setaceum
Ferrer-Gallego, P. P. & F. Boisset. 2015. Lectotypification of the fountain grass Cenchrus setaceus (Poaceae: Paniceae). Phytotaxa 218:171-176.
Verloove, F. 2012. New combinations in Cenchrus (Paniceae, Poaceae) in Europe and the Mediterranean area. Willdenowia 42:77-78.

Check other web resources for Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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=464280. Accessed 1 July 2024.