Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone GRIN-Global

Taxon: Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone

Summary

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464256

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:127. 2010

Verified:

01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

250 (249 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym

Panicum glaucum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn.
Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) Kuntze
Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Alopecurus typhoides Burm. f.
Holcus spicatus L.
Panicum spicatum (L.) Roxb.
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Korn.
Pennisetum typhoides (Burm. f.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.

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Reference(s)

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.

Common names

Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=464256. Accessed 17 March 2025.