Biology:Cenchrus echinatus
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Short description: Species of plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Cenchrus |
| Species: | C. echinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cenchrus echinatus | |
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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]
Gallery
In Brazil
In the Florida Keys
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References
- ↑ Bárrios, S.; Copeland, A. (2021). "Cenchrus echinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13506981A192150221. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13506981/192150221. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cenchrus echinatus" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/316518-2.
- ↑ "Cenchrus echinatus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEEC. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "University of Florida IFAS Extension Southern Sandspur (Southern Sandbur), Cenchrus echinatus L.". http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fw009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cenchrus echinatus. National Weeds Strategy.
- ↑ Hequet, Vanessa (2009) (in fr). LES ESPÈCES EXOTIQUES ENVAHISSANTES DE NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. pp. 17. http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers12-08/010052239.pdf.
- ↑ "Piri-Piri ~ Piripiri". Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden. Benton Family Trust. 2022. https://www.temarareo.org/PPN-Piripiri.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q4925284 entry
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