Genus of grasses
Chrysopogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Eurasia, Africa, Australia, southeastern North America, and various islands.[2][3]
Species
- Chrysopogon aciculatus - east + south + southeast Asia, Queensland, various islands in Pacific + Indian Oceans
- Chrysopogon argutus - Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues I
- Chrysopogon asper - Tamil Nadu
- Chrysopogon aucheri - Algeria, Morocco, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia; Asia from Yemen to Kashmir
- Chrysopogon borneensis - Kalimantan Timur
- Chrysopogon castaneus - Maharashtra
- Chrysopogon celebicus - Sulawesi
- Chrysopogon copei - Tamil Nadu
- Chrysopogon crevostii - Cambodia, Vietnam
- Chrysopogon densipaniculatus - Chhattisgarh, India
- Chrysopogon elongatus - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory
- Chrysopogon fallax - Australia
- Chrysopogon festucoides - India, southeast Asia
- Chrysopogon filipes - New Guinea, Australia
- Chrysopogon fulvibarbis - West Africa
- Chrysopogon fulvus - Indian Subcon, Indochina, Pen Malaysia
- Chrysopogon gryllus - Eurasia from France to Thailand
- Chrysopogon hackelii - Tamil Nadu
- Chrysopogon hamiltonii - Bihar
- Chrysopogon humbertianus - Madagascar
- Chrysopogon intercedens - Papua New Guinea
- Chrysopogon lancearius - Bangladesh, Sikkim, Bhutan
- Chrysopogon latifolius - Northern Territory, Western Australia
- Chrysopogon lawsonii - India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
- Chrysopogon macleishii - Oman
- Chrysopogon micrantherus - Papua New Guinea
- Chrysopogon nemoralis - Panay, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia
- Chrysopogon nigritanus - Africa
- Chrysopogon nodulibarbis - Indian Subcon, Indochina
- Chrysopogon oliganthus - Australia
- Chrysopogon orientalis - Indian Subcon, S China, SE Asia
- Chrysopogon pallidus - Australia
- Chrysopogon pauciflorus - Texas, North Carolina, Florida,[4] Cuba
- Chrysopogon perlaxus - Thailand
- Chrysopogon plumulosus - Africa, Arabia
- Chrysopogon polyphyllus - India, Myanmar
- Chrysopogon pseudozeylanicus - India
- Chrysopogon purushothamanii - Kerala
- Chrysopogon rigidus - Queensland
- Chrysopogon schmidianus - Laos, Vietnam
- Chrysopogon serrulatus - Africa, Madagascar, S + SE Asia
- Chrysopogon setifolius - Australia
- Chrysopogon subtilis - Philippines, Java, Bali
- Chrysopogon sylvaticus - Australia
- Chrysopogon tadulingamii - India
- Chrysopogon tenuiculmis - Lesser Sunda Is
- Chrysopogon velutinus - Karnataka
- Chrysopogon verticillatus - India
- Chrysopogon zizanioides - Southeast Asia
Source: [1]
Formerly included
- Chrysopogon alternans - Capillipedium parviflorum
- Chrysopogon avenaceus - Sorghastrum nutans
- Chrysopogon distachyos - Andropogon distachyos
- Chrysopogon elliottii - Sorghastrum elliottii
- Chrysopogon filiformis - Dimeria ornithopoda
- Chrysopogon francavilleanus - Sorghastrum setosum
- Chrysopogon glaucopsis - Capillipedium assimile
- Chrysopogon leucotrichus - Capillipedium leucotrichum
- Chrysopogon minarum - Sorghastrum minarum
- Chrysopogon minor - Sorghastrum nutans
- Chrysopogon muricatus - Garnotia elata
- Chrysopogon nutans - Sorghastrum nutans
- Chrysopogon parviflorus - Capillipedium parviflorum
- Chrysopogon parvispicus - Capillipedium parviflorum
- Chrysopogon pictus - Capillipedium assimile
- Chrysopogon secundus - Sorghastrum secundum
- Chrysopogon stipoides Trin. 1836 - Sorghastrum minarum
- Chrysopogon stipoides (Kunth) Benth. 1881 - Sorghastrum stipoides
- Chrysopogon stipoideus - Sorghum stipoideum
- Chrysopogon strictus - Bothriochloa bladhii
- Chrysopogon subrepens - Capillipedium assimile
- Chrysopogon tener - Asthenochloa tenera
- Chrysopogon villosulis - Capillipedium parviflorum
- Chrysopogon villosulus - Capillipedium parviflorum
- Chrysopogon violascens - Capillipedium parviflorum
Source: [1]
Research
In 2022, a new species Chrysopogon densipaniculatus was added to the genus. It is peculiar in that it bears glands on the peduncle, and palea in the pedicelled spikelets are reduced tridentate scale.[5] This species is so far only known from Chhattisgarh, India.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Keew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae 187
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ^ a b Landge, Shahid Nawaz (8 March 2022). "Chrysopogon densipaniculatus (Poaceae: Andropogoneae): a new species from India". Phytotaxa. 538 (3): 241–248. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.538.3.7. S2CID 247357502 – via Magnolia Press.
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