Gymnopogon

Gymnopogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Hubbardochloinae
Genus: Gymnopogon
P. Beauv. 1812
Type species
Andropogon ambiguus
Synonyms
  • Alloiatheros Raf.
  • Anthopogon Nutt.
  • Biatherium Desv.
  • Doellochloa Kuntze
  • Monochaete Döll

Gymnopogon (skeletongrass) is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.

Species
  • Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - southeastern + south-central United States (NM to NJ); Hispaniola
  • Gymnopogon aristiglumis Hitchc. - El Salvador
  • Gymnopogon brevifolius Trin. - southeastern + south-central USA (TX to NJ)
  • Gymnopogon burchellii (Munro ex Döll) Ekman - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • Gymnopogon chapmanianus Hitchc. - Georgia, Florida
  • Gymnopogon delicatulus (C.B.Clarke) Bor - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Gymnopogon doellii Boechat & Valls - Brazil
  • Gymnopogon fastigiatus Nees - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia
  • Gymnopogon foliosus (Willd.) Nees - Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Brazil
  • Gymnopogon glaber Caro - Argentina
  • Gymnopogon grandiflorus Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru
  • Gymnopogon legrandii Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
  • Gymnopogon spicatus (Spreng.) Kuntze - from Veracruz to Uruguay including Trinidad
  • Gymnopogon toldensis Sulekic & Rúgolo - Argentina
formerly included

now regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon

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