Taxon:
Cenchrus tribuloides 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)
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
- Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
- Britton, N. L. & A. Brown. 1952. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, ed. 3.
- 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
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Hitchcock, A. S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies.
- Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
- Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
- Renvoize, S. A. 1988. Hatschbach's Parana grasses
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:150.
Common names
English
dune sandbur – long-spine sandbur – sand-dune sandbur – Portuguese (Brazil)
carrapicho-das-dunas – carrapicho-das-roças – Spanish
guizazo de playa –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | coastal regions |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bermuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [New York (e.), Pennsylvania]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama (s.), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (s.), Louisiana (s.), Maryland, Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (e.), South Carolina (e.), Virginia]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
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BRAZIL:
Brazil (coastal regions)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
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 |