Heteropogon (plant)

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Heteropogon contortus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Subtribe: Anthristiriinae
Genus: Heteropogon
Pers. [1]
Type species
Heteropogon glaber
(syn of H. contortus)
Synonyms [1] [4]

Heteropogon is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family known generally as tangleheads, widespread primarily in tropical and subtropical regions. [5]

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Tangleheads are erect tussock grasses with paired spikelets. Lower pairs are equal in size (homogamous units), and upper pairs include one awned bisexual spikelet and one awnless sterile spikelet (heterogamous units). [6] [7] [8]

The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words έτερος (héteros), meaning "different," and πώγων (pôgôn), meaning "beard." [9]

Species [4] [10] [11]
Formerly included [4]

see Agenium Dichanthium Diectomis Diheteropogon Elymandra Hyparrhenia Parahyparrhenia Trachypogon

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References

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Heteropogon Pers". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  2. ↑ lectotype designated by Nash, North American Flora 17: 127 (1912)
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Heteropogon Pers.
  4. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik 1807. Synopsis Plantarum 2: 533 in Latin
  6. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
  7. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  8. ↑ Grass Manual Treatment Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Vol. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 1036. ISBN   978-0-8493-1303-5.
  10. ↑ The Plant List search for Heteropogon
  11. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Heteropogon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
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