Details for: PI 414673, Cenchrus setigerus Vahl, Birdwood grass


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus setigerus Vahl
Top Name:
Birdwood grass
Origin:
Donated – Western Australia, Australia
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1977
PI Assigned:
1977
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus setigerus Vahl
Top Name:
Birdwood grass
Origin:
Donated – Western Australia, Australia
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1977
PI Assigned:
1977
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
04 February 1977.
Western Australia, Australia

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Birdwood grass
Type: Local name

Narrative
A tussocky perennial with short rhizomes normally grows from 0.3 to 1.4m tall Similar to West Australian buffel. Seed purple, short stiff teeth instead of fine bristles. Quite palatable and will withstand heavy stocking.
Cenchrus setigerus Vahl
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:

9808
Place of publication:

Enum. pl. 2:395. 1805
Comment:
there is some question as to whether the spelling should be corrected to "setiger" to reflect the classical Latin termination (Shenzhen ICN Art. 32.2) for the masculine form of this adjectival epithet (see also W. T. Stearn, Botanical Latin ed. 4:91. 1992), but lacking explicit guidance in the Code for this case we retain the original spelling
Verified:
09/16/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum setigerum (Vahl) Wipff

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cenchrus montanus Nees ex Steud.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbirdwood grass as Cenchrus setiger1Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: = Cenchrus setiger
Indiaanjan as Cenchrus setiger2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Cenchrus setiger
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 16 Sep 2008, from Cenchrus setigerus Vahl to Pennisetum setigerum (Vahl) Wipff
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 16 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum setigerum (Vahl) Wipff to Cenchrus setigerus Vahl
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