Grass cover is continuous, with annual species such as Cenchrus biflorus, Schoenefeldia gracilis, and Aristida stipoides well-represented. From Wordnik.com. [Sahelian Acacia savanna] Reference
It has been called Cenchrus leptacanthus. From Wordnik.com. [14. Wild Grains] Reference
A related species, also used as a wild cereal, is Cenchrus prieurii. From Wordnik.com. [14. Wild Grains] Reference
Kram-kram (Cenchrus biflorus) and Tribulus terrestris seeds are used only during famine. From Wordnik.com. [14. Wild Grains] Reference
The vegetation consists of grasses and dry thorny scrub such as Apluda aristata, Cenchrus spp. From Wordnik.com. [Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh] Reference
Cenchrus - rib: minute, often white marks, or membranous spaces on the metanotum of some Hymenoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The dominant grasses are Cenchrus ciliaris, Digitaria milanjiana, Eragrostis spp., and Dichanthium papillosum. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
Exotic species, for example Rumex vesicarius and Mossman River grass Cenchrus echinatus, have become established. From Wordnik.com. [Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia] Reference
At the northwest side of the island, at least, the most abundant species are Cenchrus echinatus, Sida rhombifolia, and Corchorus aestuans. From Wordnik.com. [Clipperton Island shrub and grasslands] Reference
Domestication could come about quickly, particularly if its grain were enlarged by selection or cross-breeding with other Cenchrus species. From Wordnik.com. [14. Wild Grains] Reference
Dry matter production and growth rates of three arid zone grasses in culture (Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Cenchrus biflorus and Cenchrus ciliaris). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 28] Reference
A quick search of the Internet reveals that the common Sandbur is a native of America, with some 20-25 species, the most prevalent in Kansas being Cenchrus longispinus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Grasses identified are Panicum laetum, Eragrostis pilosa, Cenchrus biflorus, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Pennisetum violaceum, Cymbopogon schoenanthus and Chrysopogon aucheri. From Wordnik.com. [Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger] Reference
Sudano-Sahelian vegetation encircles Bandiagara and Sangha, dominated by open savanna and steppe with scattered Acacia raddiana, A. albida, Balanites aegyptiaca and Cenchrus ciliaris. From Wordnik.com. [Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali] Reference
The bristles form a regular involucre at the base of a group of spikelets in Pennisetum, and in Cenchrus these become united at the base into a mass forming a kind of burr around the spikelets. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Surrounding the pans on a larger scale (on less brackish soil) are grasslands dominated by Odyssea paucinervis and Cynodon dactylon with Cenchrus ciliaris and Eriochloa meyeriana dominating the crests of calcrete escarpments. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian halophytics] Reference
The related genus Cenchrus is occasionally included in Pennisetum. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Four new tea clones developed in Assam] Reference
The steppes that we traversed are principally covered with grasses of the genera Killingia, Cenchrus, and Paspalum. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
Punjab poor women sweep up, "by a whisk into straw baskets," the seeds of four genera of grasses, namely, of Agrostis, Panicum, Cenchrus, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.] Reference
Cenchrus. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Cenchrus ciliaria. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Cenchrus, 28. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
Cenchrus biflorus. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Cenchrus catharticus. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Doovngycis. a) Cenchrus; b) Juncus pilosu?. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Cenchrus, marvel grass, spear grass, cowpea. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Aristida adscensionis, Cenchrus biflorus, Cympogon spp. From Wordnik.com. [Thar desert] Reference
Cenchrus, 46, 120 biflorus, 121, 117i catharticus, 122, 118i. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Gliricidia, and Leucaena (trees and shrubs) and Cenchrus, Panicum, Centrosema. From Wordnik.com. [1. The jab-seeder a tool for manual seeding] Reference
Digitaria eriantha, Brachiaria deflexa, Echinochloa colona, Cenchrus ciliaris, Enneapogon cenchroides, Pogonarthria squarrosa, Schmidtia pappophoroides, Stipagrostis uniplumis, and Urochloa spp. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian and Mopane woodlands] Reference
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