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, and various oceanic islands. Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand spur “sticky bur”. Such names allude to the sharp, spine-covered burrs characterizing the inflorescences of the members of the genus. Some botanists include the genus within the related genus '' Pennisetum''. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for Cenchrus
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, Mpumalanga * '' Cenchrus agrimonioides'' Trin. – ''kāmanomano'' - Hawaiian Islands * '' Cenchrus arnhemicus'' (F.Muell.) Morrone - Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory) * '' Cenchrus biflorus''

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– ''kram-kram'' - Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Madagascar * '' Cenchrus brevisetosus'' (B.K.Simon) B.K.Simon - Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) * '' Cenchrus brownii'' Roem. & Schult. - North + South America, West Indies * '' Cenchrus caliculatus'' Cav. - Australia, New Zealand, assorted islands in Pacific + Indian Oceans * '' Cenchrus ciliaris'' L. – buffelgrass - Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Sicily; naturalized as a nutritious arid land pasture in parts of North and South America, Australia,Henry DR Pasture plants of Southern Inland Queensland. DPI. 1995 Southeast Asia, various islands; considered noxious weed in some places * '' Cenchrus distichophyllus'' - Cuba * '' Cenchrus echinatus'' L. – common sandbur - North + South America, West Indies; naturalized in parts of Africa, southern Asia, various islands * '' Cenchrus elegans'' Veldkamp - Malesia * ''

Cenchrus elymoides ''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand sp ...

'' - Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) * '' Cenchrus gracillimus'' Nash - West Indies, southeastern USA * '' Cenchrus longispinus'' (Hack.) Fern. – mat sandbur - Canada, USA, Mexico * '' Cenchrus mitis'' Andersson - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique * '' Cenchrus multiflorus'' J.Presl - Mexico, Central America * '' Cenchrus myosuroides'' Kunth - North + South America, West Indies * '' Cenchrus palmeri'' Vasey -

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, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Arizona * '' Cenchrus pennisetiformis'' Steud. - Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent * '' Cenchrus pilosus'' Kunth - from central Mexico to northern Chile * '' Cenchrus platyacanthus'' Andersson - Galápagos * '' Cenchrus prieurii'' - Sahara, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent,

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Cenchrus purpureus ''Cenchrus purpureus'', synonym ''Pennisetum purpureum'', also known as Napier grass, elephant grass or Uganda grass, is a species of perennial tropical grass native to the African grasslands. arrell, G., Simons, S. A., & Hillocks, R. J. (2002). ...

'' (Schumach.) Morrone – Africa, Oman * '' Cenchrus robustus'' - Queensland, New South Wales * '' Cenchrus setaceus'' – tender fountain grass, crimson fountaingrass – northern Africa, southwestern Asia; naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, scattered places in Europe and the Americas * '' Cenchrus setiger'' Vahl - Sahara, East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar * '' Cenchrus somalensis'' - Somalia * '' Cenchrus spinifex'' Cav. – coastal sandbur - North + South America, West Indies * '' Cenchrus tribuloides'' L. – sanddune sandbur - North + South America, West Indies ; Formerly included Several species are now considered better suited to other genera: '' Anthephora, Centotheca, Dactyloctenium, Echinaria,

Echinolaena ''Echinolaena'' is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics.Hackelochloa ''Hackelochloa'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. The genus was named after Eduard Hackel, an Austrian botanist, by Otto Kuntze, in 1891. Species *'' Hackelochloa granularis'' ( L.) Kuntze - sub-Saharan Africa; ...

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Phragmites ''Phragmites'' () is a genus of four species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Taxonomy The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, maintained by Kew Garden in L ...

, Scleria,

Setaria ''Setaria'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Latin word ''seta'', meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets. The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many t ...

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* {{Clear Poaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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