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Cenchrus incertus

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Name

Identification
Cenchrus carolinianus Walter [family POACEAE ] Verified by James Lauritz Reveal, Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by James Lauritz Reveal,
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  • Cenchrus carolinianus

Flora

Entry for Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis [family GRAMINEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 3, (1989) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis [family GRAMINEAE], in Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 1: 135 (1837). Type from USA.
Information
Annual. Culms 5–80 cm. high, erect or ascending. Panicle 2–8.5 cm. long; involucre 5.5–10 mm. long, connate for 1/3–2/3 its length to form a cup cleft on 2 sides; inner spines flattened, ± pubescent, retrorsely barbellate, pungent; outer spines triangular, arising irregularly from the surface of the bur. Spikelets 2–4 per bur, 3.5–6 mm. long. Superior lemma thinly coriaceous.
Habitat
Sand dunes
Range
Also from Southern USA to Argentina; introduced as a weed elsewhere
Altitude range
sea-level.
100
0
inferred from altitude
Distribution
Mozambique M Costa de Sol, 1.iv.1948, Schwtickerdt 1913 (K; PRU).

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