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Taxon:  Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb.



Summary
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
9805
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2:329. 1794
Verified:
03/13/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alopecurus hordeiformis L.
Cenchrus compressus (R. Br.) Morrone
Panicum alopecuroides L.
Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng.
Pennisetum compressum R. Br.
Pennisetum hordeiforme (Thunb.) Spreng.
Pennisetum japonicum Trin. ex Spreng.
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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 Note: = Pennisetum alopecuroides
  2. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html
  3. Raab-Straube E. von & Raus T., eds. 2015. Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 5 [Notulae ad floram euro-mediterraneam pertinentes no. 34]. Willdenowia 45:459-460. URL: http://www.bgbm.org/bgbmpress/willdenowia.htm
  4. Simon, B. K. 2010. New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8:191.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
Chinese fountain grass –
foxtail fountain grass –
swamp foxtail grass –
swamp-foxtail –
French
pennisétum –
German
japanisches Federborstengras –
Swedish
lampborstgräs –
Transcribed Chinese
lang wei cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Assam]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New York, Pennsylvania]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Florida]
Adventive
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Environmentalornamental FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
Weed  CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope


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