Cenchrus elegans

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Cenchrus elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cenchrus elegans
(Hassk.) Veldkamp, 2014 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Sericura elegans Hassk. 1842 [3]
  • Cenchrus caninus (Reinw. ex Blume) Morrone
  • Gymnotrix macrostachys Brongn.
  • Macrochaeta sacchariformis Steud.
  • Pennisetum caninum Koord.
  • Pennisetum macrostachys (Brongn.) Trin.
  • Saccharum caninum Reinw. ex Blume

Cenchrus elegans is a species of plants in the grass family. It is found in Malesia.

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References

  1. Veldkamp Blumea 59(1): 68. 2014 (doi:10.3767/000651914X684376)
  2. Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. Morrone (eds.) Internet Cat. New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  3. Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl.): 2. 1842