Taxon:
Cenchrus echinatus L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1050. 1753
Verified:
05/06/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
- 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
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
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Common names
English
bur grass – hedgehog grass – innocent-weed – Mossman River grass – southern sandbur – southern sandbur grass – spiny sandbur – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-amoroso – capim-carrapicho – capim-roseta – capim-timbete – Spanish
cadillo – guizazo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
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REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Israel
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Australasia
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Marshall Islands
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | 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 |