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Cenchrus caudatus

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID644055622011e431778405
Scientific name Cenchrus caudatus
Authority (Schrad.) Kuntze
First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 346 (1898)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Gymnotrix caudata Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2073 (1821)
Gymnotrix gigantea Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 722 (1852)
Gymnotrix quartiniana Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 723 (1852)
Gymnotrix riparioides Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 723 (1852)
Panicum asperum Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 75 (1821)
Pennisetum angolense Rendle Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 189 (1899)
Pennisetum angolense var. laxispicatum Rendle Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 189. 1899
Pennisetum asperum Schult. Mant. 2: 149 (1824)
Pennisetum davyi Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 278 (1933)
Pennisetum exile Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 277 (1933)
Pennisetum franchetianum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 277 (1933)
Pennisetum giganteum A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 382 (1850)
Pennisetum giganteum var. minus Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 41. 1907
Pennisetum giganteum var. trinervium Pilg. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 271. 1928
Pennisetum haareri Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 273 (1933)
Pennisetum kisantuense Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 16: 685 (1925)
Pennisetum mildbraedii Mez Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 52 (1917)
Pennisetum natalense Stapf Fl. Cap. 7: 435 (1899)
Pennisetum quartinianum A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 384 (1850)
Pennisetum scaettae Robyns Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 344 (1934)
Pennisetum stenorrhachis Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 270 (1933)
Pennisetum stolzii Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 190 (1921)
Pennisetum tenue Mez Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 53 (1917)
Pennisetum togoense Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 191 (1921)
Pennisetum validum Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 191 (1921)
Perotis latifolia Eckl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 306 (1841)
Cenchrus macrourus (Trin.) Morrone Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 128 (2010)
Cenchrus glaucocladus (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) Morrone Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 128 (2010)
Pennisetum macrourum Trin. Gram. Panic. : 64 (1826)
Cenchrus mildbraedii (Mez) Morrone Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 128 (2010)

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Language Common/alternative name
English african feathergrass
Chinese 长尾狼尾草

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Saint Helena
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Guinea
      • Nigeria
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Northern America
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001241169
USDA Plants PEMA80
Tropicos 25514686
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415110-1
The Plant List kew-432799
Missouri Botanical Garden 295320
Nature Serve 2.144169
IPNI 415110-1
iNaturalist 166308
GBIF 2706160
EPPO PESMA
EOL 1115490
Calflora (Californian flora) 9191
USDA GRIN 27197
Tropicos 100359363
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77106015-1
The Plant List kew-462699
Open Tree Of Life 3955705
IPNI 77106015-1
GBIF 6068768
Tropicos 50110910
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60470539-2
NCBI Taxonomy 2583811
IPNI 60470539-2
iNaturalist 1080223
GBIF 7618730
Wikipedia Pennisetum_macrourum
Wikipedia Cenchrus_caudatus
Open Tree Of Life 556299

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