Cenchrus purpureus

Cenchrus purpureus
Cenchrus purpureus

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 purpureus

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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