Biology:Enneapogon

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Enneapogon
Enneapogon nigricans.jpg
Enneapogon nigricans
Scientific classification e
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.
  • Calotheria Wight & 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2156578 entry