Cenchrus echinatus

TaxID: 173841

Basic Information

Cenchrus echinatus

Burrgrass, Southern Sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur, spiny sandbur, southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass. It is native to North and South America. It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to 80 cm (31 in) tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to 12 mm (0.47 in) wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of 4 C10 mm (0.16 C0.39 in) long. In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Cenchrus

echinatus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Indonesia Absent —
Jordan A1 list 2013
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (93 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
Benin Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Bermuda Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR16243447 leaf and stem - - 27162099 China: Yongxing island, Hainan
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DNA Barcodes (17 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH2374-14 - rbcLa 488 United States 1986-08-16 32.72, -117.161
PLOMA823-22 - rbcL 538 Peru 2018-11-07 -17.765, -71.897
IPSUB711-18 - trnH-psbA 620 United States - -
IPSUB528-18 - trnH-psbA 620 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
IPSUB296-18 - trnH-psbA 620 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
IPSUB243-18 - trnH-psbA 620 Colombia - 4.1877537, -72.64451
IPSUB242-18 - trnH-psbA 620 United States - -
IPSUB018-18 - trnH-psbA 620 Argentina 1962-01-01 -35.69727, -64.53239
IPSUB017-18 - trnH-psbA 631 Guatemala - 15.820879, -90.312195
IPSUB012-18 - trnH-psbA 620 United States 1962-01-01 -
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Literature