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Taxon: Cenchrus violaceus (Lam.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464288

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:130. 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)

Basionym: Panicum violaceum Lam.
(=) Pennisetum americanum subsp. monodii (Maire) Brunken
(=) Pennisetum chudeaui Maire
(=) Pennisetum chudeaui subsp. chudeaui Maire
(=) Pennisetum chudeaui subsp. monodii Maire
(≡) Pennisetum glaucum subsp. violaceum (Lam.) van der Zon
(=) Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst.
(≡) Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.

Economic Importance:

Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria (n.), Senegal

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.
Veldkamp, J. F. 2014. A revision of Cenchrus incl. Pennisetum (Gramineae) in Malesia with some general nomenclatural notes. Blumea 59:59-75.
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 violaceus (Lam.) Morrone :

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=464288. Accessed 1 July 2024.