Biology:Cenchrus echinatus

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Short description: Species of plant

Cenchrus echinatus
On Kure Atoll
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species:
C. echinatus
Binomial name
Cenchrus echinatus
Synonyms[2]
  • Cenchrus pungens Cenchrus crinitus
  • Cenchrus cavanillesii Tausch
  • Moench Mez
  • Cenchrus hillebrandianus Cenchrus brevisetus
  • Hitchc. Kunth
  • Panicastrella muricata E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
  • Scribn. Cenchrus insularis

Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur,[3] spiny sandbur,[4] southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass.[5][6] It is native to North and South America. It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to 80 cm (31 in) tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to 12 mm (0.47 in) wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long.

In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.[6]

Ecology

The species is invasive in New Caledonia,[7] Tahiti, and Rarotonga.[8]

  • In Brazil
    In Brazil
  • In the Florida Keys
    In the Florida Keys
  • Illustration
    Illustration

References

  1. ↑ Bárrios, S.; Copeland, A. (2021). "Cenchrus echinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13506981A192150221.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13506981/192150221. Retrieved 27 April 2025. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cenchrus echinatus" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/316518-2. 
  3. ↑ "Cenchrus echinatus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEEC. Retrieved 13 January 2016. 
  4. ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  5. ↑ "University of Florida IFAS Extension Southern Sandspur (Southern Sandbur), Cenchrus echinatus L.". http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fw009. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cenchrus echinatus. National Weeds Strategy.
  7. ↑ Hequet, Vanessa (2009) (in fr). LES ESPÈCES EXOTIQUES ENVAHISSANTES DE NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. p. 17. http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers12-08/010052239.pdf. 
  8. ↑ "Piri-Piri ~ Piripiri". Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden. Benton Family Trust. 2022. https://www.temarareo.org/PPN-Piripiri.html. 

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