Cenchrus ciliaris

Taxonomy ID: 35872 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:35872)

current name

Cenchrus ciliaris  L., 1771

homotypic synonym:

Pennisetum ciliare  (L.) Link

Genbank common name: buffelgrass
NCBI BLAST name: monocots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

common name(s)

African foxtail grass

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; commelinids; Poales; Poaceae; PACMAD clade; Panicoideae; Panicodae; Paniceae; Cenchrinae; Cenchrus

Comments and References:

image:Cenchrus ciliaris Image by Mark Marathon from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

APNI Name verified on date of entry into database in: The Australian Plant Name Index (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian National Herbarium, Australian National Botanic Gardens and the Australian Biological Resources Study).

Catalogue of New World Grasses Name verified on date of entry into database in: Soreng RJ et al. 2000 and onward. Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) on-line.

Flora of China Name verified on date of entry into database in: Flora of China on-line (www.efloras.org - Harvard University)

GRIN taxonomy Name verified on date of entry into database in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.