Trachypogon

Trachypogon spicatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Apludinae
Genus: Trachypogon
Species: T. chevalieri – T. macroglossus – T. spicatus – T. vestitus

Name

• Trachypogon Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 341 (1829)
• Type species: Trachypogon spicatus (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Homopogon Stapf, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55(8): 103 (1908)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America & Africa Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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. 2013. Trachypogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Trachypogon. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Trachypogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Trachypogon. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: Crinkleawn Grass
മലയാളം: ട്രാക്കിപോഗോൺ

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