Characteristics
Monocots
Cenchrus advena (Wipff & Veldkamp)Morrone
PURPLE FOUNTAINGRASS
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Cenchrus cupreus is purportedly the accepted name according to Govaerts (2018).
Not Native
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Classification
POALES
Cenchrus advena (Wipff & Veldkamp)Morrone - PURPLE FOUNTAINGRASS
Citation
CENCHRUS ADVENA (Wipff & Veldkamp) Morrone, in Chemisquy et al., Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 127. 2010.
Pennisetum advena Wipff & Veldkamp 1999.
TEXAS: Brazos Co.: cultivated at Texas A&M University, College Station, 18 Sep 1990, Wipff 1723 (holotype: L; isotypes: K, MO, US, UTC).
Species Distribution Map

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