Aegopogon

Aegopogon
Aegopogon tenellus[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Aegopogon
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., 1806
Type species
Aegopogon cenchroides
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Synonyms[2]

Aegopogon is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]

Species[2][6]
  1. Aegopogon bryophilus Döll - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy)
  2. Aegopogon cenchroides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Rio de Janeiro
  3. Aegopogon solisii G.A.Levin - Socorro Islands in Mexico
  4. Aegopogon tenellus (DC.) Trin. - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Arizona, California
formerly included[2]

see Amphipogon, Bouteloua

  • Aegopogon avenaceus - Amphipogon avenaceus
  • Aegopogon debilis - Amphipogon debilis
  • Aegopogon laguroides - Amphipogon laguroides
  • Aegopogon rigidisetus - Bouteloua rigidiseta
  • Aegopogon strictus - Amphipogon strictus
  • Aegopogon turbinatus - Amphipogon turbinatus

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1950 illustration from Hitchcock, A. Chase. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1806. Caroli a Linné Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Editio quarta 4(2): 899. in Latin
  4. ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Aegopogon Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Aegopogon

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