Taxon:  Cenchrus squamulatus (Fresen.) Morrone



Summary
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
464282
Place of publication:
Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:129.  2010
Verified:
01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (2  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen.

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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. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  3. Dujardin, M. & W. Hanna. 1983. Apomictic and sexual pearl millet x Pennisetum squamulatum hybrids. J. Heredity 74:277-279.
  4. Dujardin, M. & W. Hanna. 1984. Microsporogenesis, reproductive behavior, and fertility in five Pennisetum species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 67:197-201. Note: this study reported Cenchrus squamulatus (as Pennisetum squamulatum) as a hexaploid with variation in chromosome aassociations from univalents to octovalents
  5. Dujardin, M. & W. Hanna. 1989. Crossability of Pearl Millet with wild Pennisetum species. Crop Sci. (Madison) 29:77-80.
  6. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Pennisetum squamulatum
  7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: as Pennisetum squamulatum
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: as Pennisetum squamulatum
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania n.Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: as Pennisetum squamulatum
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Pennisetum squamulatum
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Pennisetum squamulatum
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania (n.)

Reference(s)
  1. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Pennisetum squamulatum
  2. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: as Pennisetum squamulatum
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=464282. Accessed 12 May 2026.