Taxon: Cenchrus incertus M. A. Curtis

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AZ*°, AZ(as Cenchrus pauciflorus)°, CA*°, GA°, NV(as Cenchrus pauciflorus)°, SC(as Cenchrus pauciflorus)°, WA°, WY°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• capim-amoroso-da-areia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• capim-carrapicho-da-areia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• coast sandbur   (Source: State Noxweed Seed )
  
• coast sandbur grass   (Source: Noxious Weed List-CA)
  
• coastal sandbur   (Source: F NAmer as C. spinifex)
  
• common sandbur   (Source: F NAmer as C. spinifex)
  
• field sandbur   (Source: State Noxweed Seed )
  
• guizazo   (Source: Grass Cuba II )
  
• mat sandbur   (Source: Weed CIBA )
  
• spiny bur grass   (Source: Econ Pl Aust )
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania [s.-c.], Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [c.], Iowa, Kansas [s.], Minnesota [n.w.], Oklahoma
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.], Utah [s.w.]
  Mexico [s.]
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Caribbean: Anguilla [incl. St. Barthelemy]; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Cuba; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay

Other:

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis. (F CostaR) [accepts].
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA) [accepts].
• Catasús Guerra, L. J. Cavanillesia Altera
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer) [accepts].
• Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas. (F NC Tex) [= C. spinifex Cav.].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [= C. spinifex Cav.].
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas. (Grass Tex) [accepts].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt) [accepts].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR) [accepts].
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
• Marzocca, A. 1994. Guia descriptiva de malezas del cono sur. 78. [= C. pauciflorus Benth.].
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia) [accepts].
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin) [accepts].
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed) [accepts].
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:147.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cenchrus incertus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cenchrus incertus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth.
  
• (=) Cenchrus spinifex Cav.
  

Check other databases for Cenchrus incertus M. A. Curtis:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?103624 (22 November 2009)

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