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Cenchrus

genus of plants
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Cenchrus

Summary

Cenchrus is a taxon[1]. Cenchrus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month, #1,579 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cenchrus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cenchrus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cenchrus belongs to the parent taxon Paniceae[5].
  • Cenchrus's scientific name is Cenchrus[6].
  • Cenchrus's Commons category is recorded as Cenchrus[7].
  • Cenchrus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cenchrus[8].
  • Cenchrus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1)[9].
  • Cenchrus's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[10].
  • Cenchrus's taxon synonym is recorded as Lloydia[11].
  • Cenchrus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2228[12].
  • Cenchrus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sandbur'}[13].
  • Cenchrus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'lampenpoetsergras'}[14].
  • Cenchrus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蒺藜草属'}[15].
  • Cenchrus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蒺藜草属'}[16].

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Classification

Cenchrus's scientific name is Cenchrus[6]. Cenchrus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cenchrus belongs to the parent taxon Paniceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sandbur'}[13], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'lampenpoetsergras'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蒺藜草属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蒺藜草属'}[16].

Identifiers

Cenchrus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72039[17]. Cenchrus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4583[18]. Cenchrus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108081[19]. Cenchrus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2703201[20]. Cenchrus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 40569[21].

Why It Matters

Cenchrus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month, #1,579 of 195,241).[2] Cenchrus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Topic's main category → Category:Cenchrus
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