Cenchrus distichophyllus is a grass species native to Cuba.DeLisle, D. G. 1963. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Cenchrus. Iowa State College Journal of Science 37(3): 259–351.
Cenchrus distichophyllus is a perennial herb, forming clumps. Leaves are up to long, tapering to a rigid tip. Spikelet is up to long with bristly hairs, with an involucre half the length of the spikelet.Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1866. Catalogus plantarum cubensium 234.Hitchcock, A. S. 1909. Catalogue of the Grasses of Cuba. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(6): 183–258, vii–xi. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. N. Morrone. 2003. Cenchrus. 46: 144–150. In F. O. Zuloaga, O. N. Morrone, G. Davidse, T. S. Filgueiras, P. M. Peterson, R. J. Soreng & E. J. Judziewicz (eds.) Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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