Cenchrus divisus
Cenchrus divisus

Taxonavigation

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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 divisus

Name

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Cenchrus divisus (J.F.Gmel.) Verloove, Govaerts & Buttler, Phytotaxa 181: 59. (2014)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Panicum divisum J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 156. (1791)
  • Homotypic
    • Pennisetum divisum (J.F.Gmel.) Henrard, Blumea 3: 162. (1938)
  • Heterotypic
    • Panicum dichotomum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 19. (1775), nom. illeg.
    • Cenchrus ramosissimus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 51. (1804).
    • Pennisetum dichotomum Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 159. (1813), nom. superfl.
    • Pennisetum asperifolium Hochst. & Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 297. (1841), pro syn.
    • Pennisetum elatum Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 106. (1854).
    • Gymnotrix longiglumis Munro ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 85. (1896), pro syn.
    • Pennisetum dichotomum var. subplumosum Hack. ex Trotter, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 22: 323. (1915)
    • Pennisetum dichotomum var. scabrum Maire & Trab., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: 320. (1931)
    • Cenchrus elatus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Verloove, Willdenowia 42: 78. (2012)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Central Asia
      • Afghanistan, Pakistan
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • India
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Eritrea, Somalia
    • Introduced into:
      • Canary Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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  • Verloove, F., Govaerts, R. & Buttler, K.P. 2014. A new combination in Cenchrus (Poaceae: Paniceae), with lectotypification of Panicum divisum. Phytotaxa 181(1): 59-60. DOI: 10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.181.1.5

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