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Cenchrus echinatus
(Poaceae)
Mossman River grass, bur grass, burgrass, burr grass, common sandbur, golden grass, hedgehog grass, sand bur, sand burr, southern sandbur

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Species description or overview

Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Cenchrus echinatus information from PIER
Information on Cenchrus echinatus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Cenchrus echinatus
Nomenclatural information about Cenchrus echinatus is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Cenchrus echinatus
Nomenclatural information about Cenchrus echinatus is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Cenchrus echinatus  new posting 
Nomenclatural information about Cenchrus echinatus is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Cenchrus echinatus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Control methods

Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Images

Images of Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae) (sandbur)
Links to high-resolution free images of Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae) (sandbur) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Cenchrus echinatus
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Cenchrus echinatus images from PIER
Images of Cenchrus echinatus provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Herbarium specimens

Images of voucher specimens for Cenchrus echinatus from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA)
Images of voucher specimens of Cenchrus echinatus from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA) are available online.

Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Cenchrus echinatus
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Cenchrus echinatus as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Books

Weed handbook of Western Polynesia
Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. ISBN: 3-88085-227-8. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Full-text articles

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Other resources

The grasses of Hawaii
Hitchcock, A.S. 1922. The grasses of Hawaii. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press : New York, Kraus Reprint Co. (1974). 235 pp. illus. (line drawings). ISBN: (unknown or N/A). ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

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