Andropogon

Andropogon
Andropogon virginicus
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: Andropogoninae
Genus: Andropogon
L.
Type species
Andropogon distachyos
Synonyms[3]
  • Anatherum P.Beauv.
  • Arthrostachys Desv.
  • Dimeiostemon Raf.
  • Eupogon Desv.
  • Eriopodium Hochst.
  • Euklastaxon Steud.
  • Heterochloa Desv.
  • Homoeatherum Nees
  • Hypogynium Nees
  • Leptopogon Roberty

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]

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Green, International Botanical Congress Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists: 155-195 (1929)
  2. ^ "Andropogon". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  3. ^ a b "Andropogon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ^ a b Watson, L.; Dallwitz, M. J. (2008). "Andropogon". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  5. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. pp. 1045–1047.
  6. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Andropogon". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
  7. ^ "Genere Andropogon". Altervista Flora Italiana.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Andropogon". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online