Taxon:  Cenchrus hohenackeri (Hochst. ex Steud.) Morrone



Summary
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
464265
Place of publication:
Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:128.  2010
Verified:
01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gymnotrix cenchroides Roem. & Schult.
Pennisetum alopecuros Steud.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Chemisquy, M. A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:107-130.
  2. Rao, Y. S. et al. 1989. Cytomorphological studies of a spontaneous triploid in Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud. Genome 32:404-407. Note: a probable hybrid with Cenchrus orientalis
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia w. 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistanSindh Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (w.), Pakistan [Sindh]

Reference(s)
  1. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  2. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=464265. Accessed 12 May 2026.