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Cenchrus ciliaris L.

This species name was first published in Mant. Pl. 2: 302 (1771)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000858573.

Synonyms of Cenchrus ciliaris L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cenchrus anjania Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List : n.° 8649 B (1848) wfo-0000858553
Cenchrus bulbosus Fresen. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 317. wfo-0000858566
Cenchrus ciliaris f. intermedius (Chiov.) Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 326 (1908 publ. 1907) wfo-0000858574
Cenchrus ciliaris subsp. ibrahimii Chrtek & Osb.-Kos. Acta Univ. Carol., Biol. 39: 99 (1996) wfo-0000858576
Cenchrus ciliaris var. anachoreticus (Chiov.) Pirotta Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 325 (1908 publ. 1907) wfo-0000858577
Cenchrus ciliaris var. leptostachys (Leeke) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 342 (1952) wfo-0000858578
Cenchrus ciliaris var. nubicus Fig. & De Not. Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 67 (1853) wfo-0000858579
Cenchrus ciliaris var. pallens (Leeke) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 342 (1952) wfo-0000858582
Cenchrus ciliaris var. robustior Penz. Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova 1892: 366 (1893) wfo-0000858584
Cenchrus ciliaris var. villiferus Fig. & De Not Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino II, 14: 386 1854 wfo-0000858586
Cenchrus glaucus C.R.Mudaliar & Sundararaj J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 54: 926 (1957) wfo-0000858612
Cenchrus longifolius Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 109 (1854) wfo-0000858642
Cenchrus melanostachyus A.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 594 (1934) wfo-0000858650
Cenchrus mutabilis Wight ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 88 (1896) wfo-0000858659
Cenchrus pennisetiformis var. intermedius Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 45 (1903 publ. 1902) wfo-0000858683
Cenchrus rufescens Desf. Fl. Atlant. 2: 388 (1799) wfo-0000858707
Pennisetum cenchroides Rich. Syn. Pl. 1: 72 (1805) wfo-0000888797
Pennisetum cenchroides var. hamphilahense N.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 93 (1894) wfo-0000888799
Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link Hort. Berol. 1: 213 (1827) wfo-0000888812
Pennisetum ciliare var. anachoreticum Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 66 (1897) wfo-0000888813
Pennisetum ciliare var. leptostachys Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 22 (1907) wfo-0000888816
Pennisetum ciliare var. pallens Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 22 (1907) wfo-0000888817
Pennisetum ciliare var. robustius Penz. Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova 1892: 366 (1893) wfo-0000888818
Pennisetum distylum Guss. Index Seminum (Boccadifalco) 1826: 8 (1826) wfo-0000888848
Pennisetum incomptum Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854) wfo-0000888929
Pennisetum longifolium Fenzl ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 109 (1854) wfo-0000888961
Pennisetum oxyphyllum Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 72 (1930) wfo-0000889031
Pennisetum pachycladum Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 215 (1907) wfo-0000889033
Pennisetum panormitanum Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 364 (1909) wfo-0000889036
Pennisetum petraeum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 106 (1854) wfo-0000889057
Pennisetum polycladum Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 167 (1896) wfo-0000889067
Pennisetum rangei Mez Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 190 (1921) wfo-0000889097
Pennisetum rufescens (Desf.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. , 1: 302 (1824) wfo-0000889111
Pennisetum teneriffae Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 105 (1854) wfo-0000889191
Cenchrus bulbosus Fresen. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 317 (1840) wfo-0001097281
Pennisetum ciliare var. ciliare wfo-0001097284
Pennisetum ciliare f. brachystachys Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40: 71 1930 wfo-0001097285
Pennisetum ciliare f. longifolium Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40: 71 1930 wfo-0001097286
Cenchrus ciliaris var. villifer Fig. & De Not. Agrost. Aegypt. Fragm. 2: 68 (1853) wfo-1200015336
Cenchrus ciliaris var. longisetosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 346 (1898) wfo-1200015455
Pennisetum ciliare var. leptostachya Leeke Z. Naturwiss. 79: 22 (1908) wfo-1200019079
Pennisetum ciliare var. robustior Penz. Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova 1892: 366 (1893) wfo-1200019112
Pennisetum cenchroides var. echioides Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 88 (1896) wfo-1200019136