Details for: PI 364992, Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone, 1743

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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Availability

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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	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

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 15 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. to Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone