Biology:Lophopogon

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Lophopogon
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Germainiinae
Genus: Lophopogon
Hack.
Type species
Lophopogon tridentatus
(Roxb.) Hack.[1]

Lophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India , consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Lophopogon prasannae, a species described from the state of Andhra Pradesh is allied to L. kingii and was thus synonymised as a new heterotypic synonym of the latter.[5] L. tridentatus is a widely distributed species in India whereas L. kingii is a rare grass occurring in Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in India.[5]

Species[6][7]
  • Lophopogon kingii Hook.f. - Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in India.[5]
  • Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hack. - Andhra pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
Formerly included[6]

see Apocopis Germainia

  • Lophopogon intermedius - Apocopis intermedia
  • Lophopogon tenax - Germainia tenax
  • Lophopogon truncatiglumis - Germainia truncatiglumis

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3755482 entry