Pappophorum
Appearance
pappusgrass | |
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Pappophorum bicolor[1] | |
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Genus: | Pappophorum |
Type species | |
Pappophorum alopecuroideum (syn of P. pappiferum)[3] Vahl.[4]
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Polyrhaphis Lindl. |
Pappophorum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Western Hemisphere.[5][4] Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.[6][7]
- Pappophorum bicolor E.Fourn. – Pink Pappusgrass - Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, D.F., Veracruz, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
- Pappophorum caespitosum R.E.Fr. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
- Pappophorum hassleri Hack. - Paraguay
- Pappophorum krapovickasii Roseng. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
- Pappophorum mucronulatum Nees - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Pappophorum pappiferum (Lam.) Kuntze – Limestone Pappusgrass - Mexico, West Indies, South America
- Pappophorum philippianum Parodi - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Sonora
- formerly included[3]
see Bouteloua Bromus Enneapogon Pentameris Triodia
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- ^ illustration circa 1950, probably by Agnes Chase, published in for Albert S. Hitchcock, Manual of the grasses of the United States. Ed. 2.
- ^ "Genus: Pappophorum Schreb". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Tropicos, Pappophorum Schreb.
- ^ Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel von. 1791. Genera Plantarum 2: 787
- ^ "Pappophorum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ Davidse, G. 1994. 73. Pappophorum Schreber. 6: 257. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..