Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 2002

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Its native range is from Venezuela to Peru. Introduced into: Galápagos, Puerto Rico (POWO, 2022).

• Chemisquy, M.A. Giussani, L., Scataglini, M., Kellogg, E. & Morrone, O. (2010) Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus Chemisquy, M.A., Giussani, L., Scataglini, M., Kellogg, E. & Morrone, O. (2010). Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany, 106, 107–130.
• GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
• Gutiérrez, H. (2015) Las especies americanas del género Cenchrus S.L. (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) Gutiérrez, H. (2015). Las especies americanas del género Cenchrus S.L. (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae). Darwiniana, nueva serie, 3(1), 114-200.
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/