Poaceae
Cenchrus violaceus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Cenchrus violaceusPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- Hausa
- Geron ɗan kwaruwa
Synonyms
- Cenchrus americanus subsp. chudeaui (Maire & Trab.) Banfi & Galasso
- Cenchrus americanus subsp. monodii (Maire) Sosef
- Cenchrus rogeri (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) Verloove
- Chasea violacea (Lam.) Nieuwl.
- Panicum violaceum Lam.
- Penicillaria fallax Fig. & De Not.
- Penicillaria raddiana Fig. & De Not.
- Pennisetum americanum subsp. monodii (Maire) Brunken
- Pennisetum chudeaui Maire & Trab.
- Pennisetum chudeaui subsp. monodianum Maire ex A.Chev.
- Pennisetum chudeaui subsp. monodii Maire
- Pennisetum cognatum Steud.
- Pennisetum darfuricum Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Pennisetum fallax (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Pennisetum molle Hitchc.
- Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst.
- Pennisetum ochrops Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Pennisetum ramosissimum Steud.
- Pennisetum rogeri Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Pennisetum senegalense Steud. ex Jard.
- Pennisetum spicatum var. fallax (Fig. & De Not.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Pennisetum subeglume Trab.
- Pennisetum versicolor Schrad.
- Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.
- Pennisetum violaceum var. majus Kunth
- Pennisetum violaceum var. monodianum (Maire ex A.Chev.) Maire
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.