Pappophorum

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Pappophorum
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Pappophorum bicolor [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Pappophorinae
Genus: Pappophorum
Schreb. [2]
Type species
Pappophorum alopecuroideum (syn of P. pappiferum) [3]
Vahl. [4]
Synonyms [3]
  • PolyrhaphisLindl.

Pappophorum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Western Hemisphere. [5] [4] Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass. [6] [7]

Species [3] [8] [9]
formerly included [3]

see Bouteloua Bromus Enneapogon Pentameris Triodia

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References

  1. ↑ illustration circa 1950, probably by Agnes Chase, published in for Albert S. Hitchcock, Manual of the grasses of the United States. Ed. 2.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Pappophorum Schreb". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Tropicos, Pappophorum Schreb.
  5. ↑ Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel von. 1791. Genera Plantarum 2: 787
  6. ↑ "Pappophorum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  7. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  8. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  9. ↑ Davidse, G. 1994. 73. Pappophorum Schreber. 6: 257. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.


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