Cenchrus echinatus

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q4925284
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Summary

Cenchrus echinatus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (659 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Cenchrus[5]
  • Taxon name: Cenchrus echinatus[6]
  • Commons category: Cenchrus echinatus[7]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1)[8], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9795[10]
  • Short name: C. echinatus[11]
  • Taxon common name: gwrychwellt pigog[12], southern sandbur[13], 蒺藜草[14]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[15]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[16]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[17]
  • Taxon range: Santa Catarina[18]

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Identifiers

Cenchrus echinatus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 76205[19]. Cenchrus echinatus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 173841[20]. Cenchrus echinatus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1114278[21]. Cenchrus echinatus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5289739[22]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 40575[23], 788014[24], and 788013[25].

Why It Matters

Cenchrus echinatus has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved . explorer.natureserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [18] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 40575, 788014, 788013
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 788013, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 7d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 40575, 788014, 788013
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'guc', 'he', 'id', 'ja',
    Sitelink count → 22
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 788014, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 33a1gL
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Taxon range → Santa Catarina, Amazonia, Rio de Janeiro +23
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37019|batch #37019]]: add Reflora ID (P10701)"
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