Chrysopogon

Chrysopogon
Chrysopogon aciculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Genus:	Chrysopogon Trin.
Synonyms [1]
PhoenixHaller 1768, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 (Arecaceae) RhaphisLour. 1790, rejected name not Walp. 1852. (Arecaceae) PolliniaSpreng., rejected name CentrophorumTrin. VetiveriaBory ex Lem. MandelornaSteud.

Chrysopogon castaneus Veldkamp & C. B. Salunkhe

Chrysopogon castaneus Veldkamp & C. B. Salunkhe, inflorescence.

Chrysopogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Eurasia, Africa, Australia, southeastern North America, and various islands. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

• Chrysopogon aciculatus - east + south + southeast Asia, Queensland, various islands in Pacific + Indian Oceans
• Chrysopogon argutus - Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues I
• Chrysopogon asper - Tamil Nadu
• Chrysopogon aucheri - Algeria, Morocco, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia; Asia from Yemen to Kashmir
• Chrysopogon borneensis - Kalimantan Timur
• Chrysopogon castaneus - Maharashtra
• Chrysopogon celebicus - Sulawesi
• Chrysopogon copei - Tamil Nadu
• Chrysopogon crevostii - Cambodia, Vietnam
• Chrysopogon densipaniculatus - Chhattisgarh, India
• Chrysopogon elongatus - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
• Chrysopogon fallax - Australia
• Chrysopogon festucoides - India, southeast Asia
• Chrysopogon filipes - New Guinea, Australia
• Chrysopogon fulvibarbis - West Africa
• Chrysopogon fulvus - Indian Subcon, Indochina, Pen Malaysia
• Chrysopogon gryllus - Eurasia from France to Thailand
• Chrysopogon hackelii - Tamil Nadu
• Chrysopogon hamiltonii - Bihar
• Chrysopogon humbertianus - Madagascar
• Chrysopogon intercedens - Papua New Guinea
• Chrysopogon lancearius - Bangladesh, Sikkim, Bhutan
• Chrysopogon latifolius - Northern Territory, Western Australia
• Chrysopogon lawsonii - India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
• Chrysopogon macleishii - Oman
• Chrysopogon micrantherus - Papua New Guinea
• Chrysopogon nemoralis - Panay, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia
• Chrysopogon nigritanus - Africa
• Chrysopogon nodulibarbis - Indian Subcon, Indochina
• Chrysopogon oliganthus - Australia
• Chrysopogon orientalis - Indian Subcon, S China, SE Asia
• Chrysopogon pallidus - Australia
• Chrysopogon pauciflorus - Texas, North Carolina, Florida, ^[4] Cuba
• Chrysopogon perlaxus - Thailand
• Chrysopogon plumulosus - Africa, Arabia
• Chrysopogon polyphyllus - India, Myanmar
• Chrysopogon pseudozeylanicus - India
• Chrysopogon purushothamanii - Kerala
• Chrysopogon rigidus - Queensland
• Chrysopogon schmidianus - Laos, Vietnam
• Chrysopogon serrulatus - Africa, Madagascar, S + SE Asia
• Chrysopogon setifolius - Australia
• Chrysopogon subtilis - Philippines, Java, Bali
• Chrysopogon sylvaticus - Australia
• Chrysopogon tadulingamii - India
• Chrysopogon tenuiculmis - Lesser Sunda Is
• Chrysopogon velutinus - Karnataka
• Chrysopogon verticillatus - India
• Chrysopogon zizanioides - Southeast Asia

Source: ^[1]

Formerly included

See also: Asthenochloa, Andropogon, Bothriochloa, Capillipedium, Dimeria, Garnotia, and Sorghastrum

• Chrysopogon alternans - Capillipedium parviflorum
• Chrysopogon avenaceus - Sorghastrum nutans
• Chrysopogon distachyos - Andropogon distachyos
• Chrysopogon elliottii - Sorghastrum elliottii
• Chrysopogon filiformis - Dimeria ornithopoda
• Chrysopogon francavilleanus - Sorghastrum setosum
• Chrysopogon glaucopsis - Capillipedium assimile
• Chrysopogon leucotrichus - Capillipedium leucotrichum
• Chrysopogon minarum - Sorghastrum minarum
• Chrysopogon minor - Sorghastrum nutans
• Chrysopogon muricatus - Garnotia elata
• Chrysopogon nutans - Sorghastrum nutans
• Chrysopogon parviflorus - Capillipedium parviflorum
• Chrysopogon parvispicus - Capillipedium parviflorum
• Chrysopogon pictus - Capillipedium assimile
• Chrysopogon secundus - Sorghastrum secundum
• Chrysopogon stipoidesTrin. 1836 - Sorghastrum minarum
• Chrysopogon stipoides(Kunth) Benth. 1881 - Sorghastrum stipoides
• Chrysopogon stipoideus - Sorghum stipoideum
• Chrysopogon strictus - Bothriochloa bladhii
• Chrysopogon subrepens - Capillipedium assimile
• Chrysopogon tener - Asthenochloa tenera
• Chrysopogon villosulis - Capillipedium parviflorum
• Chrysopogon villosulus - Capillipedium parviflorum
• Chrysopogon violascens - Capillipedium parviflorum

Source: ^[1]

Research

In 2022, a new species Chrysopogon densipaniculatus was added to the genus. It is peculiar in that it bears glands on the peduncle, and palea in the pedicelled spikelets are reduced tridentate scale. ^[5] This species is so far only known from Chhattisgarh, India. ^[5]

References

1. Keew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae 187
3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
5. Landge, Shahid Nawaz (8 March 2022). "Chrysopogon densipaniculatus (Poaceae: Andropogoneae): a new species from India" . Phytotaxa. 538 (3): 241–248. Bibcode:2022Phytx.538..241T. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.538.3.7. S2CID   247357502 – via Magnolia Press.

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