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Scientific or common name:

Cenchrus spinifex Cav.


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

Taxon Page:

Name: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Icon. 5: 38, t. 461 (1799)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Coastal sandbur
en English name: coast sandbur
English name: coast sandbur grass
Spanish name: guizazo
Italian name: Nappola spinosa delle spiagge

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis
= Cenchrus parviceps Shinners
= Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth.



TAXONOMY

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


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, DC, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NM, NV, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT), USA+ (PR, VI)

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(*) 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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