Enneapogon

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Enneapogon
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Enneapogon nigricans
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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
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]

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References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 83 (1920)
  2. 1 2 3 Tropicos, Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv.
  3. 1 2 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.


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