Cenchrus longisetus

TaxID: 29694

Basic Information

Cenchrus longisetus

Feathertop, white foxtail

Cenchrus longisetus, previously Pennisetum villosum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, known by the common name feathertop grass or just feathertop. It is native to northeastern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, and it is grown elsewhere as an ornamental plant. It can sometimes be found growing wild where it has escaped cultivation. This is a perennial grass growing in rhizomatous clumps, producing erect stems up to about 75 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a panicle of clustered spikelets surrounded by a cloudlike mass of plumose white bristles up to 5 centimeters long. The Latin specific epithet villosum means "with soft hairs". In temperate climates it is hardy in mild or coastal areas, where temperatures do not fall much below freezing. Alternatively it is often grown as an annual. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Cenchrus

longisetus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Mike Lusk@BY-NC
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(c) Mike Lusk@BY-NC
Cenchrus longisetus
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(c) Mike Lusk@BY-NC
Cenchrus longisetus
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(c) Antonio Moreno Talamantes@BY-NC

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 (2 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
China Quarantine pest 2021
Nicaragua Absent —

Distribution (59 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
China 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 (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (4 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH2375-14 - rbcLa 552 United States 1996-01-29 32.661, -117.114
KNPB273-10 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 1993-04-16 -28.87667, 27.76639
GBVR3378-13 - matK 1539 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBVR3170-13 - rbcL 1335 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624

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