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Taxon: Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. polystachios

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

476780

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

16-Feb-2016 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

See other conspecific taxa:

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

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

(=) Cenchrus subangustus (Schumach.) Morrone
Basionym: Panicum polystachion L.
(=) Panicum subangustum Schumach.
(≡) Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.
(≡) Pennisetum polystachion subsp. polystachion (L.) Schult.
(=) Pennisetum subangustum (Schumach.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

MACARONESIA: Cape Verde
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Naturalized

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
INDO-CHINA: Thailand
MALESIA: Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]

Other

(exact natzd. range obscure owing to confusion with other taxa)

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.
Gutiérrez, H. F. 2015. Las especies americanas del género Cenchrus s.l. (Poaceae, Panioideae, Paniceae). Darwiniana 3:114-200. Note: at the species level

Check other web resources for Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. polystachios :

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=476780. Accessed 1 July 2024.