Enteropogon

Enteropogon acicularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Enteropogon
Species: E. acicularis – E. barbatus – E. brandegei – E. coimbatorensis – E. dolichostachyus – E. longiaristatus – E. macrostachyus – E. minutus – E. monostachyos – E. paucispiceus – E. prieurii – E. ramosus – E. rupestris – E. sechellensis – E. unispiceus

Name

Enteropogon Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 448 (1836)

• Type species: Enteropogon monostachyos (Vahl) K.Schum. ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 17 (1894)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Afghanistan, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Chad, China South-Central, Comoros, Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Alabama, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in J.Lindley, 1836. An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany 448.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Enteropogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Enteropogon. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.
• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64(3): 445–467. DOI: 10.12705/643.5 Full text (with link to PDF). Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2016. GrassWorld, Enteropogon. Published online. Accessed: 2016 May 14.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Enteropogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

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