Cenchrus purpureus(PESPU)
Overview Code created in: 2002-07-22
- EPPO Code: PESPU
- Preferred name: Cenchrus purpureus
- Authority: (Schumacher) Morrone
Southwest Mediterranean, Sénégal to Ethiopia, Guinée to Cameroon, central and southern Africa (except Namibia, Botswana, South Africa). Cultivated as a forage grass, and for environmental regeneration. Introduced in Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Cambodia), Malesia (except Borneo), China (including Taiwan), South Africa, Madagascar, New Guinea, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone), New Zealand
WSSA list of weeds in North America
Name | Authority |
---|---|
Pennisetum macrostachyum | Bentham |
Pennisetum purpureum | Schumacher |
Pennisteum blepharideum | Gilli |
Name | Language |
---|---|
elephant grass | English (AU) |
Napier grass | English (US) |
Elefantengras | German |
herbe à éléphant | French |
sissongo | French |
hierba elefante | Spanish |
pasto elefante | Spanish (AR) |
pasto Napier | Spanish (AR) |
yerba elefante | Spanish (HN) |
zacate elefante | Spanish (HN) |
erba elefantina | Italian |
penniseto rosso | Italian |
capim-cameroon | Portuguese (BR) |
capim-elefante | Portuguese (BR) |
capim-napier | Portuguese (BR) |
napîagurasu | Japanese |
nepiagurasu | Japanese |
ナピーアグラス | Japanese |
ネピアグラス | Japanese |
перистощетинник пурпурный | Russian |
слоновая трава | Russian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Poales (
1POAO )
Family
Poaceae (
1GRAF )
Subfamily
Panicoideae (
1PANS )
Genus
Cenchrus (
1CCHG )
Species
Cenchrus purpureus (
PESPU )