Cenchrus biflorus

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 biflorus

Cenchrus biflorus Roxb., 1820

Heterotypic
- Cenchrus annularis Andersson, W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 553 (1864)
- Cenchrus barbatus Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 43 (1827)
- Cenchrus catharticus Delile, Index Seminum (MPU, Monspeliensis) 1838: 4 (1838)
- Cenchrus lapeta Ham. ex Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 1080 (1934), pro syn.
- Cenchrus leptacanthus A.Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 774 (1933 publ. 1934)
- Cenchrus niloticus Fig. & De Not., Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 64 (1853)
- Cenchrus perinvolucratus Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 299 (1933)
- Cenchrus rajasthanensis Kanodia & P.C.Nanda, Geobios 5: 157 (1978)
- Cenchrus triflorus Aitch., Cat. Pl. Punjab Sindh: 163 (1869), orth. var.
- Elymus caput-medusae Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 25 (1775), nom. illeg.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- - Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, West Himalaya, Yemen
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, New York

Roxburgh, W., 1820. Flora of India. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 1:238.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cenchrus biflorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Cenchrus biflorus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cenchrus biflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cenchrus biflorus. Published online. Accessed: October 18 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cenchrus biflorus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

français: Cram-cram

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