Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cenchrus spinifex Cav. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
roseta	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 135 (1837).
Cenchrus albertsonii Runyon Amer. J. Bot. 26: 485 (1939).
Cenchrus carolinianus Walter Fl. Carol.: 79 (1788), nom. rej.
Cenchrus humilis Hitchc. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 488 (1927).
Cenchrus microcephalus Nash ex Hitchc. & Chase Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 356 (1917).
Cenchrus muricatus Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 36: 202 (1870), nom. illeg.
Cenchrus parviceps Shinners Field & Lab. 24: 73 (1956).
Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 56 (1844).
Cenchrus pauciflorus var. muricatus Caro & E.A.Sánchez Kurtziana 4: 122 (1967).
Cenchrus roseus E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 507 (1885).
Cenchrus spinosus Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes: 188 (1897).
Cenchrus strictus Chapm. Bot. Gaz. 3: 20 (1878).
Nastus carolinianus (Walter) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 214 (1915).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cenchrus incertus M. A. Curtis	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Cenchrus spinifex Cav.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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