Enneapogon

Enneapogon
Enneapogon nigricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Eragrostideae
Subtribe:	Cotteinae
Genus:	Enneapogon Desv. ex P.Beauv.
Type species
Enneapogon desvauxii Desv. ex P.Beauv. [1] [2]
Synonyms [2] [3]
Pappophorum sect. Enneapogon(Desv. ex P. Beauv.) Hack. Pappophorum sect. Enneapogon(Desv. ex P. Beauv.) Trin. CalotheriaWight & Arn. ex Steud.

Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Species ^{[3] [9]}

• Enneapogon asperatus - Queensland
• Enneapogon avenaceus - bottle-washers - Australia
• Enneapogon caerulescens - Australia
• Enneapogon cenchroides - Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent
• Enneapogon cylindricus - jointed nineawn - Australia
• Enneapogon decipiens - Australia
• Enneapogon desvauxii - nineawn pappusgrass - Africa, temperate Asia, southwestern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina
• Enneapogon elegans - Burma, India
• Enneapogon eremophilus - Northern Territory, Queensland
• Enneapogon foxii - Israel
• Enneapogon gracilis - slender bottle-washers - Queensland, New South Wales
• Enneapogon intermedius - Australia
• Enneapogon lindleyanus - conetop nineawn - Australia
• Enneapogon nigricans - blackheads, niggerheads - Australia ^[10]
• Enneapogon pallidus - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
• Enneapogon persicus - Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Jammu-Kashmir, Pakistan, Central Asia, Spain, Egypt, Algeria, tropical Africa, Middle East
• Enneapogon polyphyllus - leafy nineawn - Australia
• Enneapogon pretoriensis - Botswana to Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
• Enneapogon purpurascens - Western Australia, Northern Territory
• Enneapogon robustissimus - Australia
• Enneapogon scaber - Saudi Arabia, drier parts of Africa
• Enneapogon scoparius - Yemen, Africa
• Enneapogon spathaceus - Limpopo
• Enneapogon truncatus - Queensland, New South Wales
• Enneapogon virens - Queensland, New South Wales

References

1. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 83 (1920)
2. Tropicos, Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 81-82 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
5. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVI (16), figure XI (11) line drawings of Enneapogon desvauxii
6. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 456 九顶草属 jiu ding cao shu Enneapogon Desvaux ex P. Beauvois
7. "Atlas of Living Australia, Enneapogon Desv. ex P.Beauv., Nineawn grasses". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
8. Jepson Manual Treatment
9. The Plant List search for Enneapogon
10. Enneapogon nigricans. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

External links

• Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Enneapogon". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.