Cenchrus echinatus

Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur,[3] spiny sandbur,[4] southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass.[5][6] It is native to North and South America. It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to 80 cm (31 in) tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to 12 mm (0.47 in) wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long.

Cenchrus echinatus
On Kure Atoll
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species:
C. echinatus
Binomial name
Cenchrus echinatus
Synonyms[2]
  • Cenchrus cavanillesii Tausch
  • Panicastrella muricata Moench
  • Cenchrus brevisetus E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
  • Cenchrus crinitus Mez
  • Cenchrus hillebrandianus Hitchc.
  • Cenchrus insularis Scribn.
  • Cenchrus pungens Kunth

In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.[6]

Ecology

The species is invasive in New Caledonia,[7] Tahiti, and Rarotonga.[8]

References
  1. Bárrios, S. & Copeland, A. (2021). "Cenchrus echinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13506981A192150221. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. "Cenchrus echinatus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Cenchrus echinatus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. "University of Florida IFAS Extension Southern Sandspur (Southern Sandbur), Cenchrus echinatus L." Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  6. Cenchrus echinatus. Archived September 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine National Weeds Strategy.
  7. Hequet, Vanessa (2009). LES ESPÈCES EXOTIQUES ENVAHISSANTES DE NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE (PDF) (in French). p. 17.
  8. "Piri-Piri ~ Piripiri". Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden. Benton Family Trust. 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.


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