Cenchrus alopecuroides

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Scientific name Cenchrus alopecuroides
Authority (L.) Thunb.
First published in Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 24 (1794)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Alopecurus indicus L. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 , 2: 92, 758 (1774)
Cenchrus asperifolius Desf. Fl. Atlant. 2: 388. 1799
Cenchrus hordeiformis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 24. 1794
Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 329. 1794 [1 May 1794]
Chamaeraphis compressa Poir. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 183 (1821)
Gymnotrix cenchroides Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 499. 1817 [Nov 1817]
Gymnotrix japonica Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 158 (1833)
Gymnotrix japonica var. viridescens Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 164. 1867
Gymnotrix nigricans J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1(4-5): 315. 1830
Gymnotrix purpurascens Sw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 713 (1840)
Gymnotrix thouarsii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 386. 1821
Panicum aristidoides Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 302 (1824)
Penicillaria cylindrica Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 498 (1817)
Pennisetum alopecuroides f. erythrochaetum (Ohwi) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 247 1941
Pennisetum alopecuroides f. purpurascens (Thunb.) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 247 1941
Pennisetum alopecuroides f. viridescens (Miq.) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 247 1941
Pennisetum alopecuroides var. erythrochaetum Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 59. 1935
Pennisetum aristidoides Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 302 (1824)
Pennisetum asperifolium Kunth Révis. Gramin. i. 49.
Pennisetum chinense Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 108. 1854 [1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854]
Pennisetum cylindricum Trin. Gram. Panic. 70. 1826 (1826)
Pennisetum indicum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 787 (1891)
Pennisetum purpurascens Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 113 (1816)
Setaria atroseta Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 102 (1854)
Trichoon paniceus Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 702 (1841)
Pennisetum compressum var. viridescens (Miq.) Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 339 1904
Pennisetum purpurascens var. viridescens (Miq.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 294 1912
Catatherophora hordeiformis (L.) Steud. Flora 12: 465 (1829)
Gymnotrix compressa (R.Br.) Brongn. Voy. Monde , Phan.: 103 (1832)
Panicum alopecuroides L. Sp. Pl. : 55 (1753)
Panicum cynosuroides L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 870 (1759)
Panicum hordeiforme (L.) Thunb. Fl. Jap. : 46 (1794)
Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. , 1: 303 (1824)
Pennisetum alopecuroides f. anacanthum Hayashi J. Geobot. 22: 4 (1974)
Pennisetum alopecuroides subsp. sordidum (Koidz.) T.Koyama Grass. Japan : 521 (1987)
Pennisetum alopecuroides var. albiflorum Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 2: 23 (2002)
Pennisetum compressum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 195 (1810)
Pennisetum dispiculatum L.C.Chia Fl. Hainan. 4: 540 (1977)
Pennisetum hordeiforme (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. , 1: 302 (1824)
Pennisetum indicum var. purpurascens (Thunb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 787 (1891)
Pennisetum japonicum Trin. Neue Entd. 2: 76 (1821)
Pennisetum javanicum Ohwi Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 13 (1947)
Pennisetum sordidum Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 112 (1919)
Setaria compressa (R.Br.) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 46 (1829)
Cenchrus compressus (R.Br.) Morrone Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 127 (2010)
Alopecurus hordeiformis L. Sp. Pl. : 60 (1753)
Pennisetum alopecuroides var. viridescens (Miq.) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 59 (1935)
Penicillaria alopecuroides (L.) Sweet Hort. Brit. : 440 (1826)
Cenchrus setaceus subsp. morronei Ibn Tattou Fl. Prat. Maroc 3: 667 (2014)

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Language Common/alternative name
English chinese fountaingrass
Arabic ثمام ياباني
Czech dochan psárkovitý
Danish lampepudsergræs
German australisches lampenputzergras
German federborstengras
German lampenputzergras
Japanese チカラシバ
Korean 수크령
Slovenian lisičjerepa perjanka
Chinese 狗尾巴草
Chinese 芮草
Chinese 老鼠狼
Chinese 狗仔尾
Chinese 狼尾草

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Start at 20°C; if no germination occurs within 3 months, cool seeds to 4°C for 1-2 months, then return to 20°C.

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Database ID/link to page
USDA Plants PEAL
Tropicos 25512358
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:414920-1
The Plant List kew-432571
Missouri Botanical Garden 285289
Observations.org 974974
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000461563
Nature Serve 2.147730
IPNI 414920-1
iNaturalist 133394
GBIF 2706156
Freebase /m/0c41g1y
EPPO PESAL
EOL 1115107
USDA GRIN 27168
Wikipedia Cenchrus_alopecuroides
Tropicos 100359342
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77105991-1
The Plant List kew-462718
Open Tree Of Life 338461
NCBI Taxonomy 79853
IPNI 77105991-1
GBIF 5828213
USDA GRIN 464289
PFAF Pennisetum alopecuroides
World Flora Online wfo-0000858551

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New Alien Plant Taxa for Italy and Europe: An Update Musarella CM, Laface VL, Angiolini C, Bacchetta G, Bajona E, Banfi E, Barone G, Biscotti N, Bonsanto D, Calvia G, Cambria S, Capuano A, Caruso G, Crisafulli A, Del Guacchio E, Di Gristina E, Domina G, Fanfarillo E, Fascetti S, Fiaschi T, Galasso G, Mascia F, Mazzacuva G, Mei G, Minissale P, Motti R, Perrino EV, Picone RM, Pinzani L, Podda L, Potenza G, Rosati L, Stinca A, Tavilla G, Villano C, Wagensommer RP, Spampinato G Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934091
doi:10.3390/plants13050620
PMID:38475466
Checklist of the grasses of India Kellogg EA, Abbott JR, Bawa KS, Gandhi KN, Kailash BR, Ganeshaiah KN, Shrestha UB, Raven P PhytoKeys 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC10311516
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.163.38393
PMID:37397271
Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus Chemisquy MA, Giussani LM, Scataglini MA, Kellogg EA, Morrone O Ann Bot 01-Jul-2010
PMCID:PMC2889798
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq090
PMID:20570830

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