Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv.
(Cockspur)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEchinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur)
GenusEchinochloa (a genus of millets)
TribePaniceae (millets and bristle, finger & signal grasses)
SubfamilyPANICOIDEAE (millets & maizes)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Echinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur) :
1: Echinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur)
17 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
along track
Image 1: Infructescence - Image 2: Infructescence - Image 3: Infructescence - Image 4: Infructescence - lowest fruiting spike - white backgroundImage 5: Infructescence - tip - white backgroundImage 6: PlantImage 7: Plant (2)Image 8: PlantsImage 9: Infructescence - lowest fruiting spike - base - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Infructescence - lowest fruiting spike - close-up - enlarged - white background
2: Echinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur)
10 Sep 2008 OSGR: SU87 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
beside motorway
Image 1: Culm - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Culm - white backgroundImage 3: Inflorescence - face view - white backgroundImage 4: Inflorescence - reverse view - white backgroundImage 5: Inflorescence spike - reverse - close-up - white backgroundImage 6: Inflorescence spike - side view - close-up - white backgroundImage 7: Leaf base - front - close-up - white backgroundImage 8: Leaf - topmost bract - top surface - white backgroundImage 9: Leaf - topmost bract - under surface - white backgroundImage 10: Leaf - topmost bract - under surface - white background (2)Image 11: Inflorescence spike - close-up - face view - enlargedImage 12: Leaf base - front - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Leaf base - reverse - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Ligule area - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Node - close-up - enlargedImage 16: Seed - inner face - magnified - black backgroundImage 17: Seed - outer face - magnified - black backgroundImage 18: Spikelet - inner face - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 19: Spikelet - inner face - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 20: Spikelet - outer face - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 21: Spikelet - outer face - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 22: Spikelets - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbons, B 2006 Corncockle …/ Ground-pine / Cockspur Vol 17 (6) Page: 442

Echinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Echinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Echinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur)
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