Details for: PI 364987, Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone, 1017

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone

Top Name:

1017

Origin:

Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 1971

PI Assigned:

1971

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

179
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Availability

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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone

Top Name:

1017

Origin:

Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 1971

PI Assigned:

1971

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Locality: Cedara Agricultural College, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Collector(s):

Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

1017

Type: Collector identifier

N/69/95

Type: Other or unclassified name

AJO 0271

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Stoloniferous perennial with rhizomes. Seed-forming clone

Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464260

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:127. 2010

Comment:

a proposal for conservation (nom. cons.) of the basionym Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4) P. longistylum Hochst. has failed, as the two taxa are not considered by experts to be synonymous

Verified:

03/13/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Kikuyuochloa clandestina (Hochst. ex Chiov.) H. Scholz

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Kikuyu grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Afrikaans	kikoejoegras	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	Kikuyugras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	capim-quicuio	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	kikuyu	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pasto africano	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	tapete	2	Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Spanish	zacate kikuyu	2	Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Transcribed Chinese	pu di lang wei cao	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 12 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. to Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone