EPPO Global Database

Cenchrus alopecuroides(PESAL)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PESAL
  • Preferred name: Cenchrus alopecuroides
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Thunberg

Notes

Indochina (Myanmar, Vietnam) Malesia (Malaya, Java, Philippines), China, Japan, Korea, Australia (except South, Tasmania). Introduced in some eastern European countries, Caucasus, USA, New Zealand



Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cenchrus purpurascens Thunberg
Gymnothrix japonica (Trinius) Kunth
Pennisetum alopecuroides (Linnaeus) Sprengel
Pennisetum compressum Brown
Pennisetum japonicum Trinius

Common names
Name Language
Chinese pennisetum English
fountain grass English
swamp foxtail grass English (AU)
Fuchsschwanzfederborstengras German
Lampenputzergras German
faux alopécurus French
erba della pampa Italian
lampenpoetsersgras Dutch
capim Portuguese
lampborstgräs Swedish
chikara-shiba Japanese
chikarashiba Japanese
michishiba Japanese
チカラシバ Japanese
ミチシバ Japanese
пеннисетум лисохвостовый Russian
piórkówka spłaszczona Polish
rozplenica japońska Polish
évelő tollborzfű Hungarian
láng wěi cǎo Chinese
狼尾草 Chinese
dochan psárkovitý Czech
perovec psiarkovitý Slovak