Characteristics
Monocots
Cenchrus spinifex Cav.
COASTAL SANDBUR
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Although Cenchrus incertus has sometimes been adopted for this species (Ward 2010), Simon (2010) and Verloove & Sánchez Gullón (2012) assert that C. spinifex is the appropriate name with an identifiable type specimen (http://herbario.rjb.csic.es/).
Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Citation
CENCHRUS SPINIFEX Cavanilles, Icon. 5: 38, pl. 691. 1799.
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CHILE/URUGUAY: Née s.n. (holotype?, MA [475505]).
Species Distribution Map
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