Cenchrus sphacelatus

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 sphacelatus

Cenchrus sphacelatus (Nees) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 129. (2010)

Basionym
- Gymnotrix sphacelata Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 68 (1841)
Homotypic
- Pennisetum sphacelatum (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 784 (1894)
Heterotypic
- Panicum atrichum Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 253 (1841), nom. nud.
- Gymnotrix adoensis A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 381 (1850), pro syn.
- Pennisetum schimperi A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 381 (1850)
- Gymnotrix schimperi (A.Rich.) Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 722 (1852).
- Gymnotrix glabra Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 104 (1854), pro syn.
- Pennisetum tenuifolium Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 380 (1895)
- Pennisetum sphacelatum var. tenuifolium (Hack.) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 436 (1899)
- Pennisetum macrourum var. angustifolium Hack., Mém. Herb. Boissier 20: 8 (1900)
- Pennisetum merkeri Leeke, Z. Naturwiss. 79: 27 (1907)

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