Cenchrus polystachios

Characteristics

Classification

Monocots

Family

POACEAE

Genus

Cenchrus

Species

Cenchrus polystachios (L.)Morrone

Common Name

WEST INDIAN PENNISETUM; MISSIONGRASS

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Status

Not Native FISC(II)

Specimen(s)

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Supraordinal

Order

POALES

Family

POACEAE

Genus

Cenchrus

Species

Cenchrus polystachios (L.)Morrone - WEST INDIAN PENNISETUM; MISSIONGRASS

CENCHRUS POLYSTACHIOS (Linnaeus) Morrone, in Chemisquy et al., Ann. Bot. 106: 129. 2010.

Basionym

Panicum polystachion Linnaeus 1759.

Type

INDIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 80.4). Lectotypified by van der Zon, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 92-1: 335. 1992.

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