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Cenchrus echinatus - Inflorescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, close-up; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Cenchrus echinatus - Leaf ligule - Click to enlarge!

Leaf ligule; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Cenchrus echinatus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2586
Date of entry: 15.01.2020
Last update: 15.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2616)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)

    Class: Liliopsida (388)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Poaceae (72)(family description)

          Genus: Cenchrus (1)

            Epithet: echinatus L. (1)

echinatus => set with prickles or spines (echinus, a hedgehog, or a prickle)

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: beige

External links

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