Cenchrus purpureus

Cenchrus purpureus

Cenchrus purpureus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Cenchrinae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species: Cenchrus purpureus

Name

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 129. (2010)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pennisetum purpureum Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 44 (1827).
• Heterotypic
  • Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 563 (1849), nom. illeg.
  • Pennisetum benthamii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854).
  • Gymnotrix nitens Andersson in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(2): 552 (1864).
  • Pennisetum giganteum Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 8: 643 (1884), nom. illeg.
  • Pennisetum nitens (Andersson) Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 142 (1888).
  • Pennisetum flexispica K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 105 (1895).
  • Pennisetum benthamii var. nudum Hack., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 400 (1905 publ. 1906).
  • Pennisetum benthamii var. sambesiense Hack., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 400 (1905 publ. 1906).
  • Pennisetum benthamii var. ternatum Hack., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 400 (1905 publ. 1906).
  • Pennisetum flavicomum Leeke, Z. Naturwiss. 79: 45 (1907).
  • Pennisetum pallescens Leeke, Z. Naturwiss. 79: 47 (1907).
  • Pennisetum pruinosum Leeke, Z. Naturwiss. 79: 46 (1907).
  • Pennisetum lachnorrhachis Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 70 (1930).
  • Pennisetum gossweileri Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 274 (1933).
  • Pennisetum purpureum subsp. benthamii (Steud.) Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 341 (1952).
  • Pennisetum purpureum subsp. flexispica (K.Schum.) Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 340 (1952).
  • Pennisetum blepharideum Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 41 (1966).
  • Pennisetum hainanense H.R.Zhao & A.T.Liu, J. Nanjing Technol. Coll. Forest Prod. 1982(4): 84 (1982).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria Regional: Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Mali, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Aldabra Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Oman Introduced into: Alabama, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is. Doubtfully present in: Saudi Arabia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chemisquy, M.A., Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A., Kellogg, E.A. & Morrone, O. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany 106(1): 107–130. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq090 Reference page. 

Additional references

• WCVP . Cenchrus purpureus in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 20 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cenchrus purpureus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cenchrus purpureus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cenchrus purpureus. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cenchrus purpureus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

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