Enteropogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Enteropogon | |
|---|---|
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| Enteropogon ramosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Enteropogon Nees |
| Type species | |
| Enteropogon melicoides | |
- Enteropogon acicularis (Lindl.) Lazarides - curly windmill grass, large windmill grass, umbrella grass - Australia
- Enteropogon barbatus C.E.Hubb. - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
- Enteropogon brandegeei (Vasey) Clayton - Baja California, Baja California Sur
- Enteropogon chlorideus (Presl) Clayton - buryseed umbrella grass, verdillo cacahuatoide - Arizona, Texas, Mesoamerica
- Enteropogon coimbatorensis K.K.N.Nair, S.K.Jain & M.P.Nayar - India
- Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng - Yemen, Oman, Afghanistan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Australia, Micronesia
- Enteropogon longiaristatus (Napper) Clayton - Tanzania
- Enteropogon macrostachyus Munro ex Benth. - bushrye - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West Province[9]
- Enteropogon minutus Lazarides - northern Australia
- Enteropogon mollis (Nees) Clayton - Central America, West Indies, northern South America, Galápagos
- Enteropogon monostachyus Schum. - Somalia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Enteropogon paucispiceus (Lazarides) B.K.Simon - Queensland
- Enteropogon prieurii (Kunth) Clayton - drier parts of Africa; Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India
- Enteropogon ramosus B.K.Simon - tussock umbrella grass - Australia
- Enteropogon rupestris (J.A.Schmidt) A.Chev. - drier parts of Africa
- Enteropogon seychellarum Benth. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Aldabra
- Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton - Taiwan, Queensland, New South Wales, Cook Islands
- formerly included[7]
see Microchloa
- Enteropogon muticus - Microchloa altera
References edit
- ^ Enteropogon. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. in Lindley, John, Introduction to the Natural System of Botany, 2nd edition page 448
- ^ Tropicos, Enteropogon Nees
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 490 肠须草属 chang xu cao shu Enteropogon Nees in Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2. 448. 1836.
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Enteropogon Nees, Windmill Grasses
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Enteropogon
- ^ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants includes distribution map