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Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis (Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 135. 1837.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Martinique, Nevis, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Beata, Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Caja de Muertos, Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Anegada, Guana Islands, Tortola, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Abrojo de dunas (Puerto Rico), Abrojo de playa (Puerto Rico), Sandbur (Jamaica), Synonyms: Cenchrus microcephalus Nash ex Hitchc. & Chase (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 356. 1917.), Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth. (Bot. Voy. Sulphur 56. 1844.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). Ekman, E.L. 1929. Plants observed on Tortue Island, Haiti. Ark. Bot. 22a(9): 1-61. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 10). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 11). The C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium. 2003. Vascular plants type catalog. New York Botanical Garden. Website: sciweb.nybg.org/science2/hcol/vasc/index.asp 12). Zuloaga, F.O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 1-662. Last edited 16 Nov 09 |