Cenchrus clandestinus

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Internal ID UUID6440346f74d8b462780462
Scientific name Cenchrus clandestinus
Authority (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
First published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 127 (2010)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pennisetum inclusum Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 209 (1910)
Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex Chiov.) H.Scholz Feddes Repert. 117: 513 (2006)
Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 41 (1903 publ. 1902)

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Language Common/alternative name
English kikuyu grass
English kikuyugrass
Spanish kikuyo
Spanish grama gruesa
Spanish pasto africano
Spanish quicuyo
Spanish kikuyuochloa clandestina
Afrikaans kikoejoegras
Arabic ثيوم خفي
Quechua pana qachu
Quechua tepe
Quechua tipi
Quechua ch'iki
Quechua kikuyu
Kinyarwanda umucaca
Swedish pennisetum clandestinum
Chinese 舖地狼尾草
Chinese 铺地狼尾草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Saint Helena
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Rodrigues
      • Réunion
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China South-central
    • Eastern Asia
      • Taiwan
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Palestine
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Malaya
      • Philippines
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Greece
      • Kriti
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Portugal
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • South-central Pacific
      • Easter Island
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Desventurados Islands
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000917358
Tropicos 100359340
INPN 717120
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77105989-1
The Plant List kew-462687
Open Tree Of Life 567951
NCBI Taxonomy 173850
IUCN Red List 13490715
IPNI 77105989-1
iNaturalist 60298
GBIF 5828201
USDA GRIN 464260
Wikipedia Cenchrus_clandestinus
USDA Plants PECL2
Tropicos 25509850
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:414980-1
The Plant List kew-432658
Observations.org 199489
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002815
Nature Serve 2.139381
IPNI 414980-1
iNaturalist 566165
GBIF 2706150
Freebase /m/02qszqh
EPPO PESCL
EOL 1115113
Elurikkus 209761
Calflora (Californian flora) 6132
US Library of Congress sh85072309
USDA GRIN 27178
EOL 52189038

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_051254175.1 ASM5125417v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2025-07-08 60 1.72 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
First molecular observation on Mylonchulus hawaiiensis from South Africa Shokoohi E Helminthologia 23-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11038276
doi:10.2478/helm-2024-0010
PMID:38659467
Invasive‐dominated grasslands in Hawaiʻi are resilient to disturbance Yelenik S, Rose E, Cordell S Ecol Evol 19-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10951494
doi:10.1002/ece3.10948
PMID:38510540
Demography and Behaviour of Teinopodagrion oscillans (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) in a Protected Area of the Colombian Andean Region Palacino-Rodríguez F, Palacino DA, Penagos Arevalo A, Cordero-Rivera A Insects 09-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10889271
doi:10.3390/insects15020125
PMID:38392544
Ruminant Production from Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum): A Review Islam MR, Garcia SC, Islam MA, Bashar MK, Roy A, Roy BK, Sarker NR, Clark CE Animals (Basel) 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10854711
doi:10.3390/ani14030467
PMID:38338109
Hawaiian Treeline Ecotones: Implications for Plant Community Conservation under Climate Change Ainsworth A, Drake DR Plants (Basel) 31-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10780311
doi:10.3390/plants13010123
PMID:38202431
Methane Emission, Carbon Footprint and Productivity of Specialized Dairy Cows Supplemented with Bitter Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Molina-Botero IC, Gaviria-Uribe X, Rios-Betancur JP, Medina-Campuzano M, Toro-Trujillo M, González-Quintero R, Ospina B, Arango J Animals (Basel) 20-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778060
doi:10.3390/ani14010019
PMID:38200749
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2023 Gibin D, Gutierrez Linares A, Fasanelli E, Pasinato L, Delbianco A EFSA J 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10722330
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8477
PMID:38107375
Enhancing the Conventional Culture: the Evaluation of Several Culture Media and Growth Conditions Improves the Isolation of Ruminal Bacteria Botero Rute LM, Caro-Quintero A, Acosta-González A Microb Ecol 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10713758
doi:10.1007/s00248-023-02319-2
PMID:38082143
Tracking lethal threat: in-depth review of rabies Khairullah AR, Kurniawan SC, Hasib A, Silaen OS, Widodo A, Effendi MH, Ramandinianto SC, Moses IB, Riwu KH, Yanestria SM Open Vet J 30-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10725282
doi:10.5455/OVJ.2023.v13.i11.1
PMID:38107233
Insights into the genomic architecture of a newly discovered endophytic Fusarium species belonging to the Fusarium concolor complex from India Rana S, Singh SK Front Microbiol 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10712836
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1266620
PMID:38088969
Which Plant Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Environment? Leotta L, Toscano S, Romano D Plants (Basel) 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708222
doi:10.3390/plants12233985
PMID:38068621
Comparison of Two Methods for the Measurement of Blood Plasma and Capillary Blood Glucose in Tropical Highland Grassing Dairy Cows López C, Hincapié V, Carmona JU Animals (Basel) 16-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10668638
doi:10.3390/ani13223536
PMID:38003153
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum) management strategies for dairy and meat production in the tropics and subtropics: yield and nutritive value Islam MR, Garcia SC, Sarker NR, Islam MA, Clark CE Front Plant Sci 14-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10682400
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1269976
PMID:38034567
Commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from Bosnia and Herzegovina Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Zappalà L, Lucchi A, Gómez P, Urek G, Bernardo U, Bubici G, Carluccio AV, Chiumenti M, Di Serio F, Fanelli E, Marzachì C, Kaczmarek A, Yuen J EFSA J 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10600653
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8315
PMID:37901690
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900

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