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Details for: PI 300082,
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone, Col. No. 495
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
Top Name:
Col. No. 495
Origin:
Collected – Free State, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Inventory Volume:
172
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus clandestinus
(Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone
Top Name:
Col. No. 495
Origin:
Collected – Free State, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Source History
Collected
Free State, South Africa
Elevation:
1746m.
Collector(s):
Van Dillon Farm
Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Col. No. 495
Type: Collector identifier
AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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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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note
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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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