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Cenchrus × cupreus

(Thorpe) Govaerts (2018)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Cenchrus

foreign fountain grass, purple fountain grass

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Description

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Skvortsovia 4(3): 77 (2018)

Other References

Faccenda 2022:51 (NEWNAT/EM, WM, DESCR); Faccenda 2023c:92, 94 (KEY); Faccenda 2025b:113 (exclude from checklist, no plants observed on revisit in 2022); Note: assumed unstabilized hybrid

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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