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Mission Grass

Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Cenchrus polystachios
Pennisetum polystachion
Species recognized by Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Central African Republic Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, India Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Liberia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Senegal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, South Sudan Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, Cuba Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, TRY summarized records, United States Species List, and The US National Vegetation Classification USNVC
Pennisetum polystachion
Recognized by Moorea Biocode
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone
Pennisetum polystachion
Recognized by Flickr Group and USDA PLANTS text
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.
Species recognized by USDA Plants data

Alternative Names

Gymnotrix polystachya (L.) Sw. ex Trin.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Panicum polystachion L.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gymnotrix polystachya (L.) Sw. ex Trin.
Panicum polystachion L.
Pennisetum ciliatum Parl.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pennisetum elegans Nees
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pennisetum erubescens (Willd.) Desv.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pennisetum ovale Rupr.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.
Pennisetum polystachyum (L.) Schult.
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Setaria geniculata Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Cenchrus retusus Sw.
Cenchrus setosus Sw.
Gymnothrix geniculata Schult.
Gymnotrix geniculata Schult.
Gymnotrix polystachya (L.) Sw. ex Trin.
Panicum cenchroides Rich.
Panicum densispica Poir.
Panicum erubescens Willd.
Panicum fuscescens Willd. ex Nees
Pennisetum alopecuroides Desv. ex Ham.
Pennisetum breve Nees
Pennisetum dasistachyum Desv.
Pennisetum erubescens (Willd.) Desv. ex Ham.
Pennisetum erubescens (Willd.) Link
Pennisetum flavescens J. Presl
Pennisetum hamiltonii Steud.
Pennisetum hirsutum Nees
Pennisetum indicum var. purpurascens (Kunth) Kuntze
Pennisetum nicaraguense E. Fourn.
Pennisetum pallidum Nees
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.
Pennisetum polystachion subsp. setosum (Sw.) Brunken
Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) J. A. Schultes
Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Pennisetum polystachyon subsp. setosum (Sw.) Brunken
Pennisetum polystachyum (L.) Schult.
Pennisetum purpurascens Kunth
Pennisetum richardii Kunth
Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) Rich.
Pennisetum setosum var. breve (Nees) Döll
Pennisetum sieberi Kunth
Pennisetum uniflorum Kunth
Setaria cenchroides (Rich.) Roem. & Schult.
Setaria erubescens (Willd.) P. Beauv.

Common Names

English

Mission Grass preferred
mission grass preferred
Grass
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020
Mission grass
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020

Chinese

牧地狼尾草 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Rumput ekor-kucing preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

നമ്പീശൻ പുല്ല് preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sango

Süä preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

牧地狼尾草 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

牧地狼尾草 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
Cenchrus
9 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
Cenchrus
9 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Poaceae
Cenchrus
9 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Cenchrus L.
17 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Lilianae
Poales
Poaceae
Cenchrus L.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinidae
Cyperales
Poaceae
Panicoideae
Paniceae
Cenchrus
46 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinidae
Cyperales
Poaceae
Panicoideae
Pennisetum
97 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.