Gymnopogon ambiguus

Taxonavigation

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

English: Bearded skeletongrass