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Taxon:  Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone



Summary
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
464278
Place of publication:
Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:129. 2010
Verified:
01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
244 (244  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum benthamii Steud.
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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. Devos, K. M. et al. 2009. Chapter 8. Pearl Millet. Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants (7 vols.) Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 1:303-323.
  3. Lowe, A. J. et al. 2003. Characterisation of germplasm accessions of Napier grass (pennisetum purpureum and P. purpureum × P. glaucum Hybrids) and comparison with farm clones using RAPD. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 50:121-132. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  4. Veldkamp, J. F. 2014. A revision of Cenchrus incl. Pennisetum (Gramineae) in Malesia with some general nomenclatural notes. Blumea 59:59-75. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
  5. Verloove, F. 2012. New combinations in Cenchrus (Paniceae, Poaceae) in Europe and the Mediterranean area. Willdenowia 42:77-78. URL: http://www.bgbm.org/bgbmpress/willdenowia.htm
Common names
English
barner grass –
elephant grass –
Merker grass –
Napier grass –
Afrikaans
olifantsgras –
French
napier –
German
Elefantengras –
Portuguese
capim-elefante –
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-napiê –
capim-napier-elefante –
Spanish
hierba elefante –
pasto elefante –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia (s.)
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Adventive
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (e.), Queensland (e.), Western Australia (s.w.), Northern Territory (n.)]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.)]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo León]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Wallis and Futuna Islands
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, United States [Puerto Rico]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Galápagos], Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Economic Uses


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The International Livestock research Institute (ILRI) maintains a collection of forage germplasm as a global public good. The material was acquired prior to the entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity; or if it was acquired after the entering into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity, it was obtained with the understanding that it was held in trust and could be made available for any agricultural research, breeding and training purposes under the terms and conditions set out in the agreement between the ILRI and FAO dated 26 October 1994. On 16 October 2006, ILRI signed an agreement with the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) placing these in trust collections of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) within the purview of the Treaty.

In accordance with this Agreement, all shipments of PGRFA of crops listed in Annex 1 to the Treaty (shipments of PGRFA under the Multilateral System) will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA). In the event that the SMTA (attached) is used for the transfer of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture other than those listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty: i) The references in the SMTA to the "Multilateral System" shall not be interpreted as limiting the application of the SMTA to Annex 1 Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and in the case of Article 6.2 of the SMTA shall mean "under this Agreement". ii) The reference in Article 6.11 and Annex 3 of the SMTA to "Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture belonging to the same crop, as set out in Annex 1 to the Treaty" shall be taken to mean "Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture belonging to the same crop".

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