Anatherum

Anatherum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Genus:	Anatherum P.Beauv.

Anatherum is a genus of grasses. It includes 51 species native to temperate and tropical North America, tropical South America, and sub-Saharan Africa. ^[1]

The genus was first described by Palisot de Beauvois in 1812. ^[1] Later authorities synonymized the genus with Andropogon . Phylogenetic studies revealed Andropogon to be polyphyletic, and Vorontsova et al. revived and re-circumscribed Anatherum in 2023. ^[2]

Species

51 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Anatherum aequatoriensis ((Hitchc.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum africanum (Franch.) Roberty
• Anatherum arctatum (Chapm.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum arenarium (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum barretoi (Norrmann & Quarín) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum bicorne (L.) P.Beauv.
• Anatherum bourgaei (Hack.) Roberty
• Anatherum brachystachyum (Chapm.) Roberty
• Anatherum brasiliense (A.Zanin & Longhi-Wagner) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum cabanisii (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum campbellii (U.B.Deshmukh, M.B.Shende & E.S.Reddy) E.L.Bridges & Orzell
• Anatherum capillipes (Nash) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum cordatum (Swallen) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum cretaceum (Weakley & Schori) Weakley & Schori
• Anatherum cumulicola (E.L.Bridges & Orzell) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum curvifolium (Clayton) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum dealbatum (C.Mohr ex Hack.) Weakley & LeBlond
• Anatherum eremicum (Wipff & R.B.Shaw) Weakley & Wipff
• Anatherum eucomum (Nees) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum floridanum (Scribn.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum glaucescens (Kunth) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum glaucophyllum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum glaziovii (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum gyrans (Ashe) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum hirsutius (Hack.) Weakley & LeBlond
• Anatherum ibityense (A.Camus) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum imerinense (Bosser) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum insolitum (Sohns) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum ivohibense (A.Camus) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum laterale (Nees) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum laxatum (Stapf) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum lehmannii (Pilg.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum leucostachyum (Kunth) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum liebmannii (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum ligulatum (Stapf) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum × lindmanii (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum longiberbe (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum macrothrix (Trin.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum miamiense (E.L.Bridges & Orzell) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum mohrii (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum multiflorum (Renvoize) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum perangustatum (Nash) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum pringlei (Scribn. & Merr.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum selloanum (Hack.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum subtile (Budach & E.L.Bridges
• Anatherum tenuispatheum (Nash) Sorrie & Weakley
• Anatherum ternarium (Michx.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum tracyi (Nash) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum trichozygum (Baker) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum urbanianum (Hitchc.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Anatherum virginicum (L.) Spreng.

References

1. "Anatherum P.Beauv". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 13 May 2025.
2. Vorontsova, M. S., Petersen, K. B., Minx, P., Aubuchon-Elder, T. M., Romay, M. C., Buckler, E. S., & Kellogg, E. A. (2023). Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2023.2274386