Genus Cenchrus L.



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Spikelets and/or florets

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References:
  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. Doust, A. N. & E. A. Kellogg. 2002. Inflorescence diversification in the panicoid "bristle grass" clade (Paniceae, Poaceae): evidence from molecular phylogenies and developmental morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1203-1222.
  3. Doust, A. N. et al. 2007. Congruence, conflict, and polyploidization shown by nuclear and chloroplast markers in the monophyletic clade Panicoideae, Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 32:531-544. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, pearl millet genepoint
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/taxonomygenus?id=2228. Accessed 15 April 2026.