Biology:Heteropogon (plant)
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Short description: Genus of grasses
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| Heteropogon contortus | |
Scientific classification 
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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] | |
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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]
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]
- Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. - Africa, southern Asia, southwestern Europe (Spain , France , Italy, Switzerland , Balkans), Mesoamerica, West Indies, tropical South America, southern United States (California AZ NM Texas FL HI), various oceanic islands
- Heteropogon fischerianus Bor - Tamil Nadu
- Heteropogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Benth. - Mesoamerica, West Indies, tropical South America, southern United States (AZ Texas AL FL GA NC SC), Africa, Madagascar , Yunnan, India, Oman
- Heteropogon polystachyus (Roxb.) Schult. - Tamil Nadu
- Heteropogon ritchiei (Hook.f.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Myanmar
- Heteropogon triticeus (R.Br.) Stapf ex Craib - Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, Hainan, India, Sri Lanka
- Formerly included[4]
see Agenium Dichanthium Diectomis Diheteropogon Elymandra Hyparrhenia Parahyparrhenia Trachypogon
Gallery
Heteropogon sp.
Heteropogon contortus
Heteropogon contortus
Heteropogon triticeus
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Heteropogon Pers.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?5632. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ↑ lectotype designated by Nash, North American Flora 17: 127 (1912)
- ↑ Tropicos, Heteropogon Pers.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik 1807. Synopsis Plantarum 2: 533 in Latin
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile
- ↑ Grass Manual Treatment
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 1036. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
- ↑ The Plant List search for Heteropogon
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Heteropogon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?5632. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2358106 entry
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