Cenchrus echinatus




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name Cenchrus echinatus L.
Synonyms Cenchrus brevisetus E. Fournier; Cenchrus cavanillesii Tausch; Cenchrus crinitus Mez; Cenchrus echinatus Cavanilles, non L.; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. brevisetus (E. Fournier) Lamson-Scribner; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. glabratus F. Brown; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. hillebrandianus (Hitchcock) F. Brown; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. morisonii Kuntze; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. normalis Kuntze; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. pennisetoides F. Brown; Cenchrus hexaflorus Blanco; Cenchrus hillebrandianus Hitchcock; Cenchrus insularis Lamson-Scribner; Cenchrus lechleri Steudel ex Lechler; Cenchrus macrocarpus Ledebour ex Steudel; Cenchrus pungens Kunth; Cenchrus quinquevalvis Buchanan-Hamilton ex Wallich; Cenchrus spinifex Cavanilles; Cenchrus viridis Sprengel; Panicastrella muricata Moench
Common name (Japanese common name) shin-kuri-no-iga [neo spikes of marron]
(English common name) bur grass, hedgehog grass, southern sandbur, southern sandbur grass
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] tropical America
Chromosomal number 2n=34, 68
Description Plants electing 15-80cm tall. Leaves 4-25cm long, 4-12mm wide. Flowers inflorescences 3-10cm long flowering in all seasons. Annual plants.
Reference Cenchrus echinatus L.
Cenchrus echinatus L.
Cenchrus echinatus Linnaeus
Oxazolyl and thiazolyl amides as herbicides (US Patent 4500343/1985)
Pyridinylimidazolidinone compounds (US Patent 4600430/1986)
Control of cyperus spp. with a fungal pathogen (US Patent 5945378/1999)
Enhanced bioherbicidal control of weeds using multiple pathogens (US Patent 6265347/2001)
Herbicidal compositions with substituted phenylsulfonylureas for controlling weeds in rice (US Patent 6864217/2005)
Methods for production of plants resistant to HPPD herbicides (US Patent 7312379/2007)
Note Naturalizes plants.



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa