Lophopogon

Lophopogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Germainiinae
Genus: Lophopogon
Hack.
Type species
Lophopogon tridentatus

Lophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India, consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Lophopogon prasannae, a species described from the state of Andhra Pradesh is allied to L. kingii and was thus synonymised as a new heterotypic synonym of the latter.[5] L. tridentatus is a widely distributed species in India whereas L. kingii is a rare grass occurring in Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in India.[5]

Species[6][7]
Formerly included[6]

see Apocopis Germainia

  1. ^ Tropicos, Lophopogon Hack.
  2. ^ Hackel, Eduard 1887. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 26 in German
  3. ^ Hackel, Eduard 1889. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6: 253-256 in Latin
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ a b c d Landge, Shahid Nawaz (14 December 2023). "Taxonomic note on the endemic genus Lophopogon (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) from India". Phytotaxa. 630 (2): 99–111. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.630.2.1 – via https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376488505_Taxonomic_note_on_the_endemic_genus_Lophopogon_Poaceae_Andropogoneae_from_India?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImhvbWUiLCJwYWdlIjoicHJvZmlsZSIsInByZXZpb3VzUGFnZSI6ImhvbWUiLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6InBhZ2VDb250ZW50In19. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)
  6. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. ^ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford