Cenchrus

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rdf:langString Cenchrus longispinus

rdf:langString * Cenchropsis (Nash) * Echinaria (Fabr. 1759, rejected name not Desf. 1799) * Nastus (Lunell 1915, illegitimate homonym not Juss. 1789) * Raram (Adans.) * Runcina (Allamand) * Odontelytrum (Hack.) * Pseudochaetochloa (Hitchc.)

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rdf:langString Cenchrus echinatus

rdf:langString Cenchrus is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand spur “sticky bur”. Such names allude to the sharp, spine-covered burrs characterizing the inflorescences of the members of the genus. Some botanists include the genus within the related genus Pennisetum. Species * (Hack.) Morrone - Ethiopia, Tanzania, Yemen, Limpopo, Mpumalanga * Cenchrus agrimonioides Trin. – kāmanomano - Hawaiian Islands * (F.Muell.) Morrone - Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory) * Cenchrus biflorus Roxb. – kram-kram - Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Madagascar * (B.K.Simon) B.K.Simon - Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) * Roem. & Schult. - North + South America, West Indies * Cav. - Australia, New Zealand, assorted islands in Pacific + Indian Oceans * Cenchrus ciliaris L. – buffelgrass - Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Sicily; naturalized as a nutritious arid land pasture in parts of North and South America, Australia, Southeast Asia, various islands; considered noxious weed in some places * Cenchrus distichophyllus - Cuba * Cenchrus echinatus L. – common sandbur - North + South America, West Indies; naturalized in parts of Africa, southern Asia, various islands * Cenchrus elegans Veldkamp - Malesia * - Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) * Nash - West Indies, southeastern USA * Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fern. – mat sandbur - Canada, USA, Mexico * Andersson - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique * J.Presl - Mexico, Central America * Kunth - North + South America, West Indies * Vasey - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Arizona * Cenchrus pennisetiformis Steud. - Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent * Kunth - from central Mexico to northern Chile * Andersson - Galápagos * - Sahara, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar * Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone – Africa, Oman * - Queensland, New South Wales * Cenchrus setaceus – tender fountain grass, crimson fountaingrass – northern Africa, southwestern Asia; naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, scattered places in Europe and the Americas * Cenchrus setiger Vahl - Sahara, East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar * - Somalia * Cenchrus spinifex Cav. – coastal sandbur - North + South America, West Indies * Cenchrus tribuloides L. – sanddune sandbur - North + South America, West IndiesFormerly included Several species are now considered better suited to other genera: Anthephora, Centotheca, Dactyloctenium, Echinaria, Echinolaena, Hackelochloa, Hilaria, Pennisetum, Phragmites, Scleria, Setaria, Trachys, Tragus, Tribolium. * Sand spur in front of a centimeter scale * Sandspurs with 1mm markings

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