Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth (in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 115. 1816.) Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Beata, Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Desecheo, Mona, Vieques], ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), South America (native), Common Names: Abrojo de espiga (Puerto Rico), Spiked foxtail grass (Bahamas), Synonyms: Cenchropsis myosuroides (Kunth) Nash (in J.K. Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 109. 1903.), Cenchrus ekmanianus Hitchc. (Man. Grasses W. Ind. 361. 1936.), Citations:1). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 2). 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. 3). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 4). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 5). 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. 6). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 7). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 8). 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 |