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Details for: PI 282752,
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone, K 53955
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
Top Name:
K 53955
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
22 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
170
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
Top Name:
K 53955
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
22 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
Kenya
Locality:
Kitale
Elevation:
1890m.
Donated
22 August 1962.
Donor(s):
Grasslands Research Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
K 53955
Type: Other or unclassified 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
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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).
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Nomenclature Name Change:
12 Feb 2016, from
Pennisetum clandestinum
Hochst. ex Chiov. to
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
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