PLANTS Profile for Cenchrus brownii (slimbristle sandbur)

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PLANTS Profile

Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.
slimbristle sandbur

Symbol:

CEBR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Graminoid

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg. Usage Requirements.

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Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.

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Synonyms:
Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.

CEVI7

Cenchrus viridis Spreng.

Distribution:
Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, NC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 10 species in Cenchrus

Classification:
Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Cenchrus L. – sandbur
Species	Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult. – slimbristle sandbur

More Accounts and Images:
Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40573.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:26 PM CST