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Details for: PI 364992,
Cenchrus purpureus
(Schumach.) Morrone, 1743
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus purpureus
(Schumach.) Morrone
Top Name:
1743
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1971
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Inventory Volume:
179
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus purpureus
(Schumach.) Morrone
Top Name:
1743
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1971
PI Assigned:
1971
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
South Africa
Locality:
Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria
Collector(s):
Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
1743
Type: Collector identifier
AJO 0271
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Tufted perennial, plants to 2 m high
Cenchrus purpureus
(Schumach.) Morrone
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
464278
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
Pennisetum purpureum
Schumach.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum benthamii
Steud.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
barner grass
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
elephant grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
Merker grass
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English
Napier grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Afrikaans
olifantsgras
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
French
napier
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Elefantengras
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
capim-elefante
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-napiê
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-napier-elefante
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
hierba elefante
2
Catasús Guerra, L. J.
2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Spanish
pasto elefante
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Name
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Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
15 Feb 2016, from
Pennisetum purpureum
Schumach. to
Cenchrus purpureus
(Schumach.) Morrone
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