Details for: PI 41055, Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone, Kikuyu grass

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone

Top Name:

Kikuyu grass

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

03 Sep 1915

PI Assigned:

1915

Inventory Volume:

44
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone

Top Name:

Kikuyu grass

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

03 Sep 1915

PI Assigned:

1915

Source History

Collected

Transvaal, South Africa

Collector(s):

Pole-Evans, Illtyd Buller, Department of Agriculture

Accession Names and Identifiers

Kikuyu grass

Type: Local name

Narrative

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
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 28 Dec 1995, from Pennisetum ×longistylum Hochst. ex A. Rich. to Pennisetum villosum R. Br. ex Fresen.
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 28 Dec 1995, from Pennisetum villosum R. Br. ex Fresen. to Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.