Taxon:
Cenchrus biflorus Roxb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. 1:238. 1820
Verified:
01/07/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
India sandbur – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-carrapicho –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | e. |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | incl. Zanzibar |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | n. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. paleotropic weed |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range obscure |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya (e.), Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar)
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Limpopo]
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia (n.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. paleotropic weed)
Other
(exact native range obscure)