{"id":1479342,"date":"2022-08-10T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T05:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1479342"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:09:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:39:40","slug":"cenchrus-setigerus","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/cenchrus-setigerus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cenchrus setigerus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cenchrus setigerus Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 395 (1806)<\/em> (syn: Cenchrus bulbifer<\/em>\u00a0Hochst. ex Boiss.<\/a>; Cenchrus ciliaris<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0setigerus<\/em>\u00a0(Vahl) Maire & Weiller<\/a>; Cenchrus montanus<\/em>\u00a0Nees ex Steud.<\/a>; Cenchrus quinquevalvis<\/em>\u00a0Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.<\/a>; Cenchrus schimperi<\/em>\u00a0Hochst. & Steud.<\/a>; Cenchrus tripsacoides<\/em>\u00a0R.Br.<\/a>; Cenchrus uniflorus<\/em>\u00a0Ehrenb. ex Boiss.<\/a>; Pennisetum ciliare<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0setigerum<\/em>\u00a0(Vahl) Leeke<\/a>; Pennisetum setigerum<\/em>\u00a0(Vahl) Wipff<\/a>; Pennisetum vahlii<\/em>\u00a0Kunth<\/a>);
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\nSahara to W. Indo-China and Tanzania: Algeria,<\/span> Andaman Is., Burkina, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States,<\/span> India, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Mauritania,<\/span> Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Niger, Oman,<\/span> Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen;<\/span> Introduced into: Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, China South-Central, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Caledonia, Texas<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Birdwood Grass \u2022\u00a0Rajasthani<\/span>:<\/strong> \u092d\u0941\u0930\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b Bhurtio
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Perennial, forming clumps from a \u00b1 bulbous base<\/span>; culms 5-80 cm high, geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 2-20 cm long, 2-7 mm wide. Panicle 2-12 cm long; involucres cup-shaped, 3-7 mm long; inner spines short, flattened, connate for a quarter to half their length to form a cup, glabrous or obscurely puberulous and grooved on the face, occasionally sparsely ciliate on the margins, green to dark purple, antrorsely scaberulous, narrowly triangular at the tip; outer spines few, short, often suppressed, rarely almost as long as the inner. Spikelets 1-3 per burr, 3-5 mm long.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: June-December<\/span>
\nGrasslands<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nGrass identification-2<\/a>: 3 high res. images.
\nHabitat: Outer road side\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Habit: Annual herb<\/span><\/div>\n
Loc- Kota Rajasthan
\n<\/span>Date- 31july 2022<\/span><\/div>\n
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Cenchrus setigerus<\/em><\/p>\n

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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Poaceae : For identification from Karnal- NS 32<\/a> : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors.
\nThis common grass was shot<\/span> from district Karnal and also from other places in Haryana<\/span>, id please…<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is Cenchrus setigerus<\/i><\/p>\n

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Grass For ID : 170813 : AK-2<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a0Attachments (2). 6 posts by 3 authors.
\nA grass seen <\/span>in Muscat, Oman on 30\/12\/2011.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Can be <\/span>Cenchrus<\/i> sp.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks … for a possible id. Could it be <\/span>Cenchrus ciliaris<\/i>?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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efi page on Pennisetum ciliare<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0((syn: (\u2261) Cenchrus ciliaris<\/i> L. (basionym))<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is <\/span>Cenchrus setigerus<\/i> <\/span>grass. It is palatable<\/span> and common in Rajasthan<\/span>. I attached Two images of Cenchrus setigerus<\/i> and <\/span>Cenchrus ciliaris<\/i><\/span>.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grass for ID-PC-29.12.2015<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
\n<\/span>Please identify the grass here in photos. It is <\/span>12cm high and spread as much.<\/span> The picture was taken <\/span>on 26.12.2015 at Tuglakabaf, New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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this one is cenchrus setigerus<\/i><\/p>\n

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Cenchrus setigerus<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nSubmission of Cenchrus setigerus<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Plant name: Cenchrus setigerus<\/i>\u00a0Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 395. 1805.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Ver. names: Birdwood grass, Dhaman<\/b> (Eng.); Anjan gaddi<\/b> (Tel.)<\/span><\/div>\n
Family: <\/b>Poaceae<\/i> <\/span><\/div>\n
Description: <\/b><\/span>Perennial herbs. Culms bulbous at base, geniculately ascending, 20\u201380 cm tall. Leaf sheaths keeled, scabrous; leaf blades linear, 2\u201320 \u00d7 0.4\u20130.8 cm, adaxial surface pilose with long scattered hairs. Panicle stiff, 4\u201312 \u00d7 0.6\u20130.7 cm, burrs overlapping by about half their length, rachis scabro-puberulous. Burrs broadly oblong with rounded base, 0.3\u20130.7 cm, subsessile; inner spines short, flattened, connate for 1\/4\u20131\/2 their length forming a tough cup, flattened free tips narrowly triangular, erect, grooved on inner\u00a0 the face, shortly ciliate; outer spines\u00a0 few, very short, often suppressed, reduced to bristles around periphery of cupule. Spikelets 1-3 in burr, 3.5\u20135 mm long.
\n<\/span><\/span>Habitat & location: <\/span>Occasional in dry sandy soils and low hills.<\/span> Photographed <\/span>at Nellore rural.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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I think last 2 photographs belongs to <\/span>Cenchrus biflorus<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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All photographs belong to the same plant; identified with the help of BSI<\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Pakistan<\/a> \u00a0FOP illustration<\/a> \u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Tropical Forages<\/a>\u00a0 Lucid Central<\/a>\u00a0 Flowers of India<\/a> FAO<\/a>\u00a0 RBG Kew: GrassBase – Cenchrus setigerus Description<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cenchrus setigerus Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 395 (1806) (syn: Cenchrus bulbifer\u00a0Hochst. ex Boiss.; Cenchrus ciliaris\u00a0var.\u00a0setigerus\u00a0(Vahl) Maire & Weiller; Cenchrus montanus\u00a0Nees ex Steud.; Cenchrus quinquevalvis\u00a0Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Cenchrus schimperi\u00a0Hochst. & Steud.; Cenchrus tripsacoides\u00a0R.Br.; Cenchrus uniflorus\u00a0Ehrenb. ex Boiss.; Pennisetum ciliare\u00a0var.\u00a0setigerum\u00a0(Vahl) Leeke; Pennisetum setigerum\u00a0(Vahl) Wipff; Pennisetum vahlii\u00a0Kunth); . Sahara to W. Indo-China…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6444],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1479342","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-cenchrus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1479342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1479342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1479342"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1479342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}