Details for: PI 300114, Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone, Col. No. 688

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone

Top Name:

Col. No. 688

Origin:

Collected – Cape Province, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

31 Aug 1964

PI Assigned:

1964

Form Received:

Seed

Inventory Volume:

172
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone

Top Name:

Col. No. 688

Origin:

Collected – Cape Province, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

31 Aug 1964

PI Assigned:

1964

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

Cape Province, South Africa
Elevation: 60m.

Collector(s):

Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Col. No. 688

Type: Collector identifier

Waste ground, Mosselbaai

AJO-0464

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Perennial bunchgrass forming medium size clumps; leaf height 15in; head height 24in. Inflorescence 10in long; recommended as an ornamental. Seeds.

Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464280

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:129. 2010

Verified:

01/17/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Phalaris setacea Forssk.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cenchrus asperifolius Desf.
Pennisetum rueppelianum hort. ex Mez
Pennisetum ruppelii Steud.
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

Invalid Designation(s)
Pennisetum asperifolium auct.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	fountain grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	tender fountain grass	1	Wipff, J. K. 1993-. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. Note: as Pennisetum setaceum- BetaFlora of North America accessed April 2021
Afrikaans	pronkgras	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
German	afrikanisches Lampenputzergras	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German	einjähriges Lampenputzergras	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Swedish	fjäderborstgräs	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 10 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. to Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone