Cenchrus echinatus L.
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Cenchrus echinatus L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 1050. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
Images of Cenchrus echinatus
Common names
U.S.
name:
Southern sandbur
English name: bur grass English name: hedgehog grass
Spanish name: guizazo
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
= Cenchrus echinatus L. var. hillebrandianus (Hitchc.) F. Br.
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Cenchrus echinatus L. var. hillebrandianus (Hitchc.) F. Br.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species:
Page counter: 2074 ( AVG: 222.05 / 291.086 )
Gallery:
Cenchrus echinatus
Habit at Puu Pehe, Lanai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Burs at Inland, Kure Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image
Cenchrus echinatus
Seedhead at Mokuauia, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Voucher 060405 02 at Molokini, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Fruiting habit at South Beach Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Voucher 060406 14 at Kiei, Lanai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Var hillebrandii form at Molokini, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Habit at Napili, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Voucher 060406 14 at Kiei, Lanai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Habit at Inland, Kure Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cenchrus echinatus
Seedhead at 4209 Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AZ, CA, DC, FL, GA, HI, LA, MD, MS, NC, NM, OK, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Cenchrus echinatus L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Cenchrus echinatus L. var. hillebrandianus (Hitchc.) F. Br. [140]
2) Cenchrus granularis L. [91]
3) Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis [246]
4) Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald [746]
5) Cenchrus parviceps Shinners [124]
6) Cenchrus setigerus Vahl, orth. var. [167]
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8) Centaurea biebersteinii DC. [173]
9) Centaurea jacea L. [3614]
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