Cenchrus violaceus

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 violaceus

Name

Cenchrus violaceus (Lam.) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 130. (2010)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Panicum violaceum Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 169 (1791)
• Homotypic
  • Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 72 (1805)
  • Chasea violacea (Lam.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 64 (1911)
  • Pennisetum glaucum subsp. violaceum (Lam.) Zon, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 92-1: 346 (1992)
• Heterotypic
  • Pennisetum versicolor Schrad., Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1827: ? (1827).
  • Pennisetum violaceum var. majus Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1(Suppl.): 116 (1835).
  • Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst., Flora 27: 253 (1844).
  • Pennisetum senegalense Steud. ex Jard., Herbor. Côte Occ. Afr.: 10 (1851), nom. nud.
  • Penicillaria fallax Fig. & De Not., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 12: 371 (1852).
  • Penicillaria raddiana Fig. & De Not., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 12: 373 (1852), pro syn.
  • Pennisetum cognatum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 107 (1854).
  • Pennisetum elegans Rupr. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854), pro syn.
  • Pennisetum ramosissimum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854).
  • Pennisetum spicatum var. fallax (Fig. & De Not.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 785 (1894).
  • Pennisetum subeglume Trab., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 10: 187 (1919).
  • Pennisetum molle Hitchc., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 43: 91 (1930).
  • Pennisetum chudeaui Maire & Trab., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 523 (1931).
  • Pennisetum chudeaui subsp. monodii Maire, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 252 (1931).
  • Pennisetum darfuricum Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 283 (1933).
  • Pennisetum fallax (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 270 (1933).
  • Pennisetum ochrops Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 284 (1933).
  • Pennisetum rogeri Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 285 (1933).
  • Pennisetum chudeaui subsp. monodianum Maire ex A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 35 (1934).
  • Pennisetum violaceum var. chudeaui (Maire & Trab.) Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 337 (1952).
  • Pennisetum violaceum var. monodianum (Maire ex A.Chev.) Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 337 (1952).
  • Pennisetum americanum subsp. monodii (Maire) Brunken, Amer. J. Bot. 64: 170 (1977).
  • Cenchrus rogeri (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) Verloove, Willdenowia 42: 78 (2012).
  • Cenchrus americanus subsp. monodii (Maire) Sosef, Pl. Ecol. Evol. 152: 555 (2019).
  • Cenchrus americanus subsp. chudeaui (Maire & Trab.) Banfi & Galasso, Ital. Botanist 9: 65 (2020).

References

• Chemisquy, M.A., Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A., Kellogg, E.A. & Morrone, O. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany 106(1): 107–130. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq090 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cenchrus violaceus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cenchrus violaceus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cenchrus violaceus. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cenchrus violaceus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.