Taxon:  Cenchrus prieurii (Kunth) Maire



Summary
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
9806
Place of publication:
Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 3:523.  1931 "prieuri"
Verified:
09/16/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pennisetum prieurii Kunth

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  4. Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
  5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  6. Goel, S. et al. 2011. Chapter 3. Cenchrus. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, millets and grasses 31-52.
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  8. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  9. Ibrahim, K. M. et al. 2018. Grasses of Mali. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 108:1-146.
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  11. Mahmoud, N. et al. 2016. An inventory of flora in Um Dom Island (Khartoum State), Sudan. J. Agric. Ecol. Res. Internat. 6:1-10.
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  13. Pathak, S. 2013. Cenchrus prieurii (Poaceae): a new record for north eastern India. Rheedea 23:132-134.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSouth SudanNorthern Bahr el Ghazal Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSouth SudanWestern Bahr el Ghazal Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudanDarfur Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudanEastern Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudanKhartoum Mahmoud, N. et al. 2016. An inventory of flora in Um Dom Island (Khartoum State), Sudan. J. Agric. Ecol. Res. Internat. 6:1-10.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudanKordofan Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudanRed Sea Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMizoramn.w.Pathak, S. 2013. Cenchrus prieurii (Poaceae): a new record for north eastern India. Rheedea 23:132-134.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan Pathak, S. 2013. Cenchrus prieurii (Poaceae): a new record for north eastern India. Rheedea 23:132-134.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistanSindh Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria n.PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan [Darfur, Eastern, Khartoum, Kordofan, Red Sea], South Sudan [Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal], Chad
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Rajasthan, Mizoram (n.w.)], Pakistan [Sindh]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Cultivated
Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria (n.)

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 122.
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  5. Mahmoud, N. et al. 2016. An inventory of flora in Um Dom Island (Khartoum State), Sudan. J. Agric. Ecol. Res. Internat. 6:1-10.
  6. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  7. Pathak, S. 2013. Cenchrus prieurii (Poaceae): a new record for north eastern India. Rheedea 23:132-134.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
Animal foodforage Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9806. Accessed 25 October 2026.