Cenchrus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Cenchrinae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species: Cenchrus elegans

Name

Cenchrus elegans (Hassk.) Veldkamp, Blumea 59: 68. (2014)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Sericura elegans Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 2 (1842)
  • Homotypic
    • Gymnotrix elegans (Hassk.) Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 28 (1854).
  • Heterotypic
    • Saccharum caninum Reinw. ex Blume, Catalogus: 38 (1823), nom. nud.
    • Gymnotrix macrostachys Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 104 (1832)
    • Pennisetum macrostachyum (Brongn.) Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 177 (1834)
    • Pennisetum macrophyllum-atrosanguineum Dreer, Nursery Cat. (Dreer) 1904(Wholesale): 35 (1904)
    • Pennisetum caninum Koord., Exkurs.-Fl. Java 1: 140 (1911)
    • Cenchrus caninus Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 127 (2010), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-tropical
    • Regional: Southerb Asia
      • Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Guinea, Solomon Is.
    • Introduced into:
      • Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Niue

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
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