Gymnopogon

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Gymnopogon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Hubbardochloinae
Genus: Gymnopogon
P. Beauv. 1812 [1]
Type species
Andropogon ambiguus
Synonyms [1]
  • AlloiatherosRaf.
  • AnthopogonNutt.
  • BiatheriumDesv.
  • DoellochloaKuntze
  • MonochaeteDöll

Gymnopogon (skeletongrass) [2] is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. [3] [4] [5]

Species [1] [6] [7]
formerly included [1]

now regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gymnopogon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Gymnopogon". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 41-42
  4. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure III (3 a-e) line drawings of floral parts of Gymnopogon ambiguus
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Gymnopogon P. Beauv.
  6. ↑ Biota of North america Program 2013 county distribution maps
  7. ↑ The Plant List search for Gymnopogon
  8. ↑ Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590


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