Heteropogon melanocarpus

Taxonavigation edit

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

Heteropogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Benth., 1881

Basionym
- Andropogon melanocarpus Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 146 (1816).
Homotypic
- Cymbopogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 289 (1824).
- Sorghum melanocarpum (Elliott) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Stipa melanocarpa Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 183 (1817).
- Trachypogon scrobiculatus Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 347 (1829).
- Heteropogon acuminatus Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 254 (1832).
- Andropogon scrobiculatus (Nees) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 507 (1833).
- Andropogon polystictus Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 369 (1854).
- Heteropogon polystictus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hochst., Flora 39: 28 (1856).
- Heteropogon scrobiculatus (Nees) E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 64 (1886).
- Heteropogon melanocarpus (Muhl.) L.H.Dewey ex J.M.Coult., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 493 (1894), nom. illeg.
- Spirotheros melanocarpus Raf. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 2: 967 (1895), pro syn.
- Heteropogon betafensis A.Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 924 (1924 publ. 1925).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
- Regional: Southwestern USA
  - Arizona
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Texas
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Dominican Republic, Haiti
- Regional: Central America
  - El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Northern Provinces
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal
- Regional: Mascareñas
  - Cape Verde
- Regional: Central Africa
  - Chad, Malawi, Niger, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - India, West Himalaya
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Oman

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. Heteropogon melanocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Heteropogon melanocarpus. 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 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Heteropogon melanocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 September 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Heteropogon melanocarpus. Published online. Accessed: September 25 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heteropogon melanocarpus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: sweet tanglehead
中文: 黑果黄茅

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