Andropogon
| Andropogon | |
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| Andropogon virginicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Andropogoninae |
| Genus: | Andropogon L. |
| Type species | |
| Andropogon distachyos | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands.[4][5][6][7][8]
Over 100 species have been described.[3][4][9]
Species
Many species once included in Andropogon are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Agenium, Anadelphia, Apluda, Arthraxon, Bothriochloa, Capeochloa, Capillipedium, Chrysopogon, Cymbopogon, Dichanthium, Diheteropogon, Elionurus, Elymandra, Eragrostis, Eulalia, Garnotia, Gymnopogon, Hemarthria, Heteropogon, Hyparrhenia, Hyperthelia, Ischaemum, Parahyparrhenia, Pentameris, Polytrias, Pseudopogonatherum, Pseudosorghum, Saccharum, Schizachyrium, Sorghastrum, Sorghum, Spodiopogon, Themeda, and Trachypogon.[3]
See also
References
- ^ lectotype designated by Green, International and then a hot 🥵 and cold 🥶 and then a water 🚿 and a cold 🥶 cold 🥶 and water 💧 and a cold 🥶 cold 🥶 Botanical Congress Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists: 155-195 (1929)
- ^ "Andropogon". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ a b c "Andropogon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b Watson, L.; Dallwitz, M. J. (2008). "Andropogon". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. pp. 1045–1047.
- ^ NRCS. "Andropogon". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
- ^ "Genere Andropogon". Altervista Flora Italiana.
- ^ Chen, Shou-liang; Phillips, Sylvia M. "Andropogon". Flora of China. Vol. 22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Andropogon". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
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