Cenchrus setaceus

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 setaceus

Name

Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) n.s., 106(1): 129. (2010)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Phalaris setacea Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 17 (1775).
  - Type locality: "In desertis Kahirinis. Raetam." Mukhajah, J. Barad ("Mokhaja, Mt. Barak" on field label) [Yemen]
  - Holotype: Forsskål #117; 1763-03; C C10002753.
Homotypic
- Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov., Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1923: 113 (1923)
Heterotypic
- Pennisetum erythraeum Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 39 (1903)
- Pennisetum numidicum Paris, nom. nud., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 18: 263 (1871)
- Pennisetum orientale var. altissimum Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 66 (1897)
- Pennisetum orientale subsp. parisii Trab., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 24: 391 (1887)
- Pennisetum orientale var. parisii (Trab.) Leeke, Z. Naturwiss. 79: 26 (1907)
- Pennisetum parisii (Trab.) Trab., Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 136 (1895)
- Pennisetum phalaroides Schult., nom. superfl., Mant. 2: 147 (1824)
- Pennisetum rueppelianum hort., nom. superfl., Atti Congr. Bot. Genova: 366 (1893)
- Pennisetum ruppellii Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 298 (1841)
- Pennisetum ruppellii var. depauperatum Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 96 (1894)
- Pennisetum scoparium Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 38 (1903)
- Pennisetum spectabile Fig. & De Not., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 12: 248 (1852)
- Pennisetum tiberiadis Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 43 (1854)

References

Primary 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.
Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 17

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Cenchrus setaceus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cenchrus setaceus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 25 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cenchrus setaceus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cenchrus setaceus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct. 2019.

Vernacular names

العربية: ثيوم شائك
català: Cua de rabosa
Deutsch: Afrikanisches Lampenputzergras
English: Purple Fountain grass
italiano: Penniseto allungato
svenska: Fjäderborstgräs

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