Gymnopogon ambiguus

Gymnopogon ambiguus

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: Hubbardochloinae
Genus: Gymnopogon
Species: Gymnopogon ambiguus

Name

Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 69 (1888).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Andropogon ambiguus Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 58 (1803).
• Homotypic
  • Gymnopogon racemosus P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 41 (1812), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon latifolius Muhl., Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 94 (1813), not validly publ.
  • Anthopogon lepturoides Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 82 (1818).
  • Gymnopogon scoparius Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 237 (1824).
  • Alloiatheros aristatus Raf., Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 221 (1830), pro syn.
  • Alloiatheros ambiguus Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 284 (1833), pro syn.
  • Alloiatheros lepturoides Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 55 (1840), pro syn.
  • Stipa expansa Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 643 (1841), pro syn.
  • Agrostis boeckeleri Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 218 (1854), pro syn.
  • Gymnopogon distichophyllus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 218 (1854).
  • Sciadonardus distichophyllus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 218 (1854), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee Regional: Central USA Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gymnopogon ambiguus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Gymnopogon ambiguus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Gymnopogon ambiguus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Gymnopogon ambiguus. Published online. Accessed: September 01 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Bearded skeletongrass

For more multimedia, look at Gymnopogon ambiguus on Wikimedia Commons.