Cenchrus agrimonioides

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Cenchrus agrimonioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species:
C. agrimonioides
Binomial name
Cenchrus agrimonioides

Cenchrus agrimonioides is a rare species of grass in the family

Kahoʻolawe, as well.[3]

C. agrimonioides var. agrimonioides

Cenchrus agrimonioides var. laysanensis, a variety of this species endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, became extinct in the 1980s.[4] Remaining plants of this species are the variety agrimonioides.[3]

This is a perennial grass which produces is flowers and fruits within spiny burs.[5] These burs attach to animals, which might then disperse the seeds.[3]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44153A78766712.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Cenchrus agrimonioides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e f USFWS. Cenchrus agrimonioides Five Year Review. July 21, 2009.
  4. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44151A78766888.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ^ The Nature Conservancy: Cenchrus agrimonioides

External links

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