Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Cenchrus americanus
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(L.) Morrone
Common names
African Millet, American fountaingrass, Babala, Bullrush Millet, Indian millet, Kaffir Millet, Mhunga, Pearl Millet, Poko Grass, Pussy Grass, bajra, bulrush millet, cattail millet, horse millet, pearl-millet
Names in other languages (50)Cenchrus d'Amérique, Cenchrus en épi, Pennisétum glauque, Cola de zorra, Gawri, Gero, Hint darısı, Mahel, Melsvoji soruolė, Mexoeira, Negerhirse, Parelgierst, Perlhirse, babalagras, bajira, bajri, capim-italiano, capim-tinga, cumbu, dochan klasnatý, dukhn, geelrode naaldaar, helmisulkahirssi, kaffermannakoring, mahangu, manna, mannakoring, mashangu, miglio perlato, mijo negro, mijo perla, mil, mil africain, milhete, milheto, millet perle, millet à chandelles, ostroklas sivý, petit mil, pärlhirs, sajje, yu gu, Мяшэй шызы, Перистощетинник американский, دخن أفريقي, دخن اللؤلؤ, دخن هندي, கம்பு, సజ్జలు, トウジンキビ, トウジンビエ, 珍珠粟
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Liliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Poales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Poaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Cenchrus
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
americanus
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Cenchrus americanus
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:11.
Photo of Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Photo: Fabrício Mil Homens Riella · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
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Photo of Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Photo: 伍志龍 · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
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Photo of Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Photo: Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:11.

Interacciones documentadas

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Types shown: 8 of 8 is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is adjacent to × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of (this species is the record's origin) × has as a pathogen × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of (this species is the record's destination) ×

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is a host of 280 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Macalpinomyces neglectus Ustilaginaceae is a host of 677 not compared
Ustilago panici-glauci Ustilaginaceae is a host of 257 not compared
Sclerospora graminicola Peronosporaceae is a host of 65 not compared
Hanenpootballenbrand Moesziomyces bullatus Ustilaginaceae is a host of 58 not compared
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is eaten by 33 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Macrosteles indrinus Cicadellidae is eaten by 2 no location
Indian Sugarcane Grasshopper Pyrilla perpusilla Lophopidae is eaten by 2 no location
Amrasca biguttula Cicadellidae is eaten by 2 no location
Leptodelphax maculiger Delphacidae is eaten by 2 no location
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interacts with 26 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Flatsedges Cyperus Cyperaceae interacts with 2 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Elm Ulmus Tingidae interacts with 2 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Ludwigia Graphoceratidae interacts with 2 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Convolvulaceae interacts with 2 no location
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interacts with 19 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Macalpinomyces neglectus Ustilaginaceae interacts with 15 not compared
Puccinia substriata Pucciniaceae interacts with 5 no location
Cercospora setariae Mycosphaerellaceae interacts with 5 not compared
Ustilago panici-glauci Ustilaginaceae interacts with 3 not compared
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is adjacent to 14 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Macalpinomyces neglectus Ustilaginaceae is adjacent to 99 not compared
Cercospora setariicola Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 7 not compared
Ustilago Ustilaginaceae is adjacent to 4 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Ustilago panici-glauci Ustilaginaceae is adjacent to 3 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Scutellospora Gigasporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Glomus Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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has as a pathogen 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Macalpinomyces neglectus Ustilaginaceae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
Bipolaris sorokiniana Pleosporaceae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Ambispora leptoticha Ambisporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 no location
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.