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- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›monocots
- ›grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies
- ›grasses
- ›Paniceae, andropogoneae, paspaleae, and allies
- ›bristle, rosette, and barnyard grasses, and allies
- ›Cenchrinae
sandburs and fountain grasses
Cenchrus
Cenchrus is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Fountain Grass
speciesCenchrus setaceus
buffelgrass
speciesCenchrus ciliaris
Kikuyu Grass
speciesCenchrus clandestinus
napier grass
speciesCenchrus purpureus
Chinese pennisetum
speciesCenchrus alopecuroides
coastal sandbur
speciesCenchrus spinifex
Southern Sandbur
speciesCenchrus echinatus
feathertop
speciesCenchrus longisetus
feathery pennisetum
speciesCenchrus setosus
mat sandbur
speciesCenchrus longispinus
Pearl millet
speciesCenchrus americanus
dune sandbur
speciesCenchrus tribuloides
African Feather Grass
speciesCenchrus caudatus
Cenchrus pedicellatus
speciesCenchrus pedicellatus
purple fountain grass
hybridCenchrus × cupreus
Oriental fountain grass
speciesCenchrus orientalis
Palmer sandbur
speciesCenchrus palmeri
birdwood grass
speciesCenchrus setigerus
Hillside Burr Grass
speciesCenchrus caliculatus
Cenchrus divisus
speciesCenchrus divisus
Uruguay pennisetum
speciesCenchrus latifolius
Indian sandbur
speciesCenchrus biflorus
Slender Sandbur
speciesCenchrus gracillimus
Big Sandbur
speciesCenchrus myosuroides
Cenchrus afer
speciesCenchrus afer
slimbristle sandbur
speciesCenchrus brownii
Cenchrus preslii
speciesCenchrus preslii
Cenchrus pennisetiformis
speciesCenchrus pennisetiformis
Cenchrus flaccidus
speciesCenchrus flaccidus
Cenchrus sphacelatus
speciesCenchrus sphacelatus
Cenchrus pilosus
speciesCenchrus pilosus
Bentspike Fountain Grass
speciesCenchrus nervosus
Napier Millet
speciesCenchrus geniculatus
Cenchrus foermerianus
speciesCenchrus foermerianus
Cenchrus mezianus
speciesCenchrus mezianus
Kamanomano
speciesCenchrus agrimonioides
Cenchrus × peregrinus
hybridCenchrus × peregrinus
Cenchrus pseudotriticoides
speciesCenchrus pseudotriticoides
Nicaraguan fountaingrass
speciesCenchrus complanatus
Cenchrus violaceus
speciesCenchrus violaceus
Cenchrus basedowii
speciesCenchrus basedowii
Cenchrus elymoides
speciesCenchrus elymoides
Natal Grass
speciesCenchrus unisetus
Cenchrus stramineus
speciesCenchrus stramineus
Cenchrus pilcomayensis
speciesCenchrus pilcomayensis
Cenchrus henryanus
speciesCenchrus henryanus
Cenchrus chilensis
speciesCenchrus chilensis
Cenchrus abyssinicus
speciesCenchrus abyssinicus
Cenchrus elegans
speciesCenchrus elegans
Cenchrus multiflorus
speciesCenchrus multiflorus
Cenchrus petiolaris
speciesCenchrus petiolaris
Cenchrus michoacanus
speciesCenchrus michoacanus
Cenchrus annuus
speciesCenchrus annuus
Cenchrus weberbaueri
speciesCenchrus weberbaueri
Cenchrus brevisetosus
speciesCenchrus brevisetosus
Cenchrus arnhemicus
speciesCenchrus arnhemicus
Cenchrus peruvianus
speciesCenchrus peruvianus
Cenchrus robustus
speciesCenchrus robustus
Cenchrus articularis
speciesCenchrus articularis
Cenchrus hohenackeri
speciesCenchrus hohenackeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72039.