Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Paniceae > Genus Echinochloa

Echinochloa colona (L.) Link

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinochloa*	P. Beauv.	accepted genus name
*Echinochloa caudata*	Roshev.	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa colona*	(L.) Link	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa crus-galli*	(L.) P. Beauv.	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa esculenta*	(A. Braun) H. Scholz	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa frumentacea*	Link	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa muricata*	(P. Beauv.) Fernald	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa oryzicola*	(Vasinger) Vasinger	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa oryzoides*	(Ard.) Fritsch	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa stagnina*	(Retz.) P. Beauv.	taxonomically included in
*Echinochloa tzvelevii*	Mavrodiev & H. Scholz	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Panicum colonum*	L.	basionym
*Oplismenus daltoni*	(Parl.) J. A. Schmidt	heterotypic synonym
*Panicum daltoni*	Parl.	heterotypic synonym
*Echinochloa colonum*	(L.) Link	orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Cockspur grass sources: Danin, A.: Flora of Israel Online – http://flora.huji.ac.il

Finnish: tipunhirssi sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Hebrew: דָּחְנִית הַשַּׁלְחִין sources: Danin, A.: Flora of Israel Online – http://flora.huji.ac.il

Spanish, Castillian: pata de gallo sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: kycklinghirs

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Hort. Berol. 2: 209. 1833

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. Echinochloa colona (L.) Link. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/47d452cc-0f28-4567-8cea-bc5afb3f14b8