Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link GRIN-Global

Taxon: Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link

Summary

Genus:

Pennisetum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Nomen number:

27177

Place of publication:

Hort. berol. 1:213. 1827

Verified:

01/17/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

7 (7 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Cenchrus ciliaris L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Pennisetum cenchroides Rich.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cenchrus glaucus C. R. Mudaliar & Sundararaj
Pennisetum incomptum Nees

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Reference(s)

Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 Note: CRC Press. Revised version of AH 170
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994 Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Englert, J. M. et al. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000) Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972 Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). Note: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/poaceae/pennisetum-ciliare/fichas/pagina1.htm
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966- Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994 Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris L.

Common names

English
African foxtail grass –
buffel grass –
Arabic
sabat –
French
cenchrus cilié –
German
Büffelgras –
Klebgras –
India
dhaman –
Italian
cencro ciliare –
Spanish
pasto buffel –
Spanish (Mexico)
zacate buffel –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Madeira Islands
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canary Islands
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Libya
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Tunisia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Gauteng
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	North West
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Northern Cape
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Western Cape
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Niger
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	******
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Egypt	Sinai
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Jordan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy	Sicily
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Papua New Guinea
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Niue
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Jujuy
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Tucuman
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Peru

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West]
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, ******, Jordan, Syria

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicily]

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate

EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

MALESIA: Papua New Guinea

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain

Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan, Federal District]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
CARIBBEAN: Puerto Rico
MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Formosa, Jujuy, Tucuman], Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Economic Uses

Animal food
Environmental
erosion control (fide Invasive Pl Spec, as Cenchrus ciliaris) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Econ Pl Aust, as Cenchrus ciliaris) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Weed CIBA, as Cenchrus ciliaris; Invasive Pl Spec, as Cenchrus ciliaris) –

Banque Nationale de Gènes

Taxon: Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link