Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Gramineae Juss.
Genus
Cenchrus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone in Chemisquy et al., Ann. Bot. 106: 129 (2010)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. (1827)
  • = Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth.
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 4 Aug 2011: Unwanted Organisms Register. http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/registers/uor [as Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.]
Chemisquy, M.A.; Giussani, L.M.; Scataglini, M.A.; Kellogg, E.A.; Morrone, O. 2010: Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany 106: 107–130.
Gutiérrez, H.F. 2015: Las especies americanas del género Cenchrus S.L. (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae). Darwiniana 3(1): 114–200.
Simon, B.K. 2010: New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8: 187–221.
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand