Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald
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Cenchrus carolinianus Walter， nom. utique rej.
8/27/2014 · Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center, New Mexico · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
8/27/2014 · Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center, New Mexico · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm) ID is uncertain 
8/27/2014 · Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 6″ (15 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
| Genus | Cenchrus | Umberto Quattrocchi says “Greek kenchros “millet”; Latin cenchros, used by Plinius for an Arabian diamond or an unknown kind of precious stone big as a grain of millet” |
| Species | longispinus |
Cenchrus longispinus description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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