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Scientific or common name:

Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald


POACEAE Family selection - Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: in Rhodora 45: 388 (1943)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Mat sandbur
en English name: Bohena beauty
English name: dune sandbur
Italian name: Nappola con spine lunghe

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
 

Synonyms:
= Cenchrus carolinianus Walter



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species:


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Cenchrus longispinus
Cenchrus longispinus
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni

Cenchrus longispinus
Cenchrus longispinus
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni

Cenchrus longispinus
Cenchrus longispinus
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 167.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, ON, QC)

Distributional map for Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald
Map for Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald
(*) 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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