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Taxon:  Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. atrichus (Stapf & C. E. Hubb.) Morrone



Summary
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
464277
Place of publication:
Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:129. 2010
Verified:
01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone (37 active accession[s])
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. polystachios (0 active accession[s])
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. setosus (Sw.) P. M. Peterson & Y. Herrera (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pennisetum atrichum Stapf & C. E. Hubb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. subsp. atrichum (Stapf & C. E. Hubb.) Brunken

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Reference(s)
  1. Chemisquy, M. A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:107-130. URL: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
  2. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
  3. Renno, J. -F. et al. 1995. Variation and geographical distribution of ploidy levels in Pennisetum section Brevivalvula (Poaceae) in Burkina Faso, Benin and southern Niger. Pl. Syst. Evol. 198:89-100. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606 Note: it examined 135 samples of Cenchrus polystachios in a broad sense, it found diploid, tetraploid, pentaploid and mostly hexaploid plants
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria n.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria (n.), Senegal, Sierra Leone
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar


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