Genus: Cenchrus L.

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Chemisquy, M. A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus, and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:107–130.
  
• Doust, A. N. & E. A. Kellogg. 2002. Inflorescence diversification in the panicoid "bristle grass" clade (Paniceae, Poaceae): evidence from molecular phylogenies and developmental morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1203–1222.
  
• Doust, A. N. et al. 2007. Congruence, conflict, and polyploidization shown by nuclear and chloroplast markers in the monophyletic clade Panicoideae, Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 32:531–544.
  

More:

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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Cenchropsis Nash
• (= ) Echinaria Fabr.
• (= ) Nastus Lunell
• (~ ) Odontelytrum Hack.
• (~ ) Pennisetum Rich.
• (= ) Raram Adans.

Check other nomenclature databases for Cenchrus:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Forestry Images (Cenchrus echinatus): from www.forestryimages.org
• Spikelets and/or florets (Cenchrus biflorus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Cenchrus brownii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Cenchrus myosuroides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Cenchrus spinifex): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets and/or florets (Cenchrus tribuloides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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