Characteristics
Monocots
Cenchrus x cupreus (Thore)Govaerts
PURPLE FOUNTAINGRASS
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Cenchrus cupreus is purportedly the accepted name according to Govaerts (2018).
Not Native
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Classification
POALES
Cenchrus x cupreus (Thore)Govaerts - PURPLE FOUNTAINGRASS
Citation
CENCHRUS X CUPREUS (Thore) Govaerts, Skvortsovia 4(3): 77. 2018. (Cenchrus elegans X C. setaceus)
Pennisetum cupreum Thore 1905, pro sp.
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Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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