Andropogon

beard grass
bluestem grass
broomsedge
Andropogon virginicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Andropogon
L.
Type species
Andropogon distachyos
L.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

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]

There are over 100 species.[3][4][9]

Species

Andropogon leucostachyus

  

A. abyssinicus
A. aciculatus
A. aequatoriensis
A. amboinicus
A. amethystinus
A. appendiculatus
A. arctatus
A. benthamianus
A. bentii
A. bicornis
A. brachystachyus
A. campestris
A. campii
A. canaliculatus
A. capillipes
A. chinensis
A. chrysostachyus
A. consanguineus
A. cordatus
A. distachyos
A. eucomus

A. fastigiatus
A. floridanus
A. fragilis
A. gabonensis
A. gayanus
A. gerardi
A. glaucopsis
A. glomeratus
A. gracilis
A. gyrans
A. hallii
A. huillensis
A. ingratus
A. inermis
A. lanuginosus
A. lateralis
A. lawsonii
A. leucostachyus
A. liebmannii
A. lividus
A. longiberbis

A. minarum
A. mohrii
A. murinus
A. paniculatus
A. pseudapricus
A. pumilus
A. scabriglumis
A. schirensis
A. schoenanthus
A. schottii
A. selloanus
A. shimadae
A. tectorum
A. tenuiberbis
A. ternarius
A. ternatus
A. thorelii
A. tracyi
A. virgatus
A. virginicus
A. yunnanensis

formerly included[3]

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 Trachypogon

See also

References

External links

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