Trachypogon
| Trachypogon | |
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| Trachypogon spicatus inflorescence | |
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| Trachypogon spicatus habit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Saccharinae |
| Genus: | Trachypogon Nees |
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Trachypogon is a small genus of African and Latin American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] Crinkleawn grass is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]
- Trachypogon chevalieri (Stapf) Jacq.-Fél. - western + central Africa
- Trachypogon macroglossus Trin. - Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil
- Trachypogon spicatus (L.f.) Kuntze - Africa, Madagascar, South America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies, United States (AZ NM TX FL)[7]
- Trachypogon vestitus Andersson - Central + South America from Honduras to Brazil
- formerly included[1]
see Bothriochloa Cymbopogon Heteropogon Hyparrhenia Sorghastrum Sorghum
- Trachypogon argenteus - Bothriochloa saccharoides
- Trachypogon avenaceus - Sorghum halepense
- Trachypogon hirtus - Hyparrhenia hirta
- Trachypogon laguroides - Bothriochloa laguroides
- Trachypogon minarum - Sorghastrum minarum
- Trachypogon pubescens - Hyparrhenia hirta
- Trachypogon rufus - Hyparrhenia rufa
- Trachypogon scaberrimus - Sorghastrum scaberrimus
- Trachypogon schoenanthus - Cymbopogon schoenanthus
- Trachypogon scrobiculatus - Heteropogon melanocarpus
- Trachypogon stipoides - Sorghastrum stipoides
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1829. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 341-355 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Trachypogon Nees
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ NRCS. "Trachypogon". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Trachypogon". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
