Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Echinochloa crus-galli
amor de hortelano, cenizo, hierba triguera, barnyard grass, barnyard millet, cockspur
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Echinochloa
Species
crus-galli
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Echinochloa crus-galli var. aristata Gray
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2002
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Espejo Serna, A. López-Ferrari, A.R. & Valdés-Reyna, J. (2000) Poaceae. Monocot. Mexic. Sinopsis Floríst. 10: 7–236 [and index].
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Hitchcock, A.S. (1951) Man. Grasses U.S. (ed. 2) 1–1051.
- Hitchcock, A.S. (1936) Man. Grasses W. Ind. 1–439.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Echinochloa crus-galli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1697. Accessed 4 November 2026.