Arthropogon
Arthropogon piptostachyus[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Arthropogoninae
Genus: Arthropogon
Nees[2]
Type species
Arthropogon villosus
Synonyms[3]
  • Achlaena Griseb.

Arthropogon is a genus of South American and Caribbean bunchgrass plants in the grass family.[4][5][6][7]

Species

Species include:[3][8][9][10]

Formerly included

Some species formerly in Arthropogon are reclassified in the genera Altoparadisium or Canastra, and include:[3]

  • Arthropogon bolivianus — Altoparadisium scabrum
  • Arthropogon lanceolatus — Canastra lanceolata
  • Arthropogon rupestris — Altoparadisium scabrum
  • Arthropogon scaber — Altoparadisium scabrum

See also

References

  1. illustration from Albert S. Hitchcock, Manual of the grasses of the West Indies. Washington, D.C., United States Government Printing Office, 1936. Figure 100 (page 158).
  2. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel 1829 Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 319-320 in Latin
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. Filgueiras, T. S., G. Davidse, F. O. Zuloaga & O. Morrone. 2001. The establishment of the new genus Altoparadisium and a reevaluation of Arthropogon (Poaceae, Paniceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88(2): 351–372
  7. Filgueiras, T. S. 1982. Taxonomia e distribuicao de Arthropgon Nees (Gramineae). Bradea 3: 303–322
  8. The Plant List search for Arthropogon
  9. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. In P. M. Jørgensen, M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  10. Espejo Serna, A., A. R. López-Ferrari & J. Valdés-Reyna. 2000. Poaceae. Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas: una Sinopsis Florística 10: 7–236


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