Andropogon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Andropogon
Species: A. abyssinicus – A. aequatoriensis – A. africanus – A. alopecurus – A. amethystinus – A. andringitrensis – A. angustatus – A. appendiculatus – A. arctatus – A. arenarius – A. aridus – A. auriculatus – A. barretoi – A. bentii – A. bicornis – A. bourgaei – A. brachystachyus – A. brasiliensis – A. brazzae – A. burmanicus – A. cabanisii – A. campbellii – A. campestris – A. canaliculatus – A. capillipes – A. carinatus – A. × catarinensis – A. chevalieri – A. chinensis – A. chrysostachyus – A. cirratus – A. × coloratus – A. columbiensis – A. cordatus – A. crassus – A. cretaceus – A. crossotos – A. crucianus – A. cumulicola – A. curvifolius – A. dealbatus – A. dewetii – A. distachyos – A. diuturnus – A. durifolius – A. eremicus – A. eucomus – A. exaratus – A. festuciformis – A. floridanus – A. gabonensis – A. gayanus – A. gerardi – A. glaucescens – A. glaucophyllus – A. glaziovii – A. glomeratus – A. greenwayi – A. × guaraniticus – A. gyrans – A. hallii – A. heterantherus – A. hirsutior – A. hypogynus – A. ibityensis – A. imerinensis – A. incomptus – A. indetonsus – A. ingratus – A. insolitus – A. itremoensis – A. ivohibensis – A. ivorensis – A. kelleri – A. lacunosus – A. lateralis – A. lehmannii – A. leprodes – A. leucostachyus – A. liebmannii – A. ligulatus – A. lima – A. × lindmanii – A. lividus – A. longiberbis – A. macrophyllus – A. macrothrix – A. mannii – A. miamiensis – A. monocladus – A. multiflorus – A. multinervosus – A. munroi – A. palustris – A. × paraguariensis – A. perangustatus – A. perligulatus – A. pinguipes – A. platyphyllus – A. pohlianus – A. polyptychos – A. pringlei – A. pseudapricus – A. pteropholis – A. pumilus – A. pungens – A. pusillus – A. rupestris – A. salzmannii – A. saxicola – A. scabriglumis – A. schirensis – A. schweinfurthii – A. selloanus – A. semitectus – A. stolonifer – A. × subtilior – A. tectorum – A. tener – A. tenuiberbis – A. tenuispatheus – A. ternarius – A. ternatus – A. textilis – A. thorelii – A. tolimensis – A. tracyi – A. trichozygus – A. tsaratananensis – A. urbanianus – A. vetus – A. virgatus – A. virginicus

Unresolved species names: A. anomalus – A. astictus
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Andropogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 21. Reference page.

Name

Andropogon L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1045 (1753), nom. cons.

Type species: Andropogon distachyos L., Sp. Pl.: 1046 (1753)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Anatherum P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 128, 150 (1812).
Dimeiostemon Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825).
Hypogynium Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 364 (1829).
Arthrostachys Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 178 (1831).
Eupogon Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 171 (1831).
Heterochloa Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 170 (1831).
Homoeatherum Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 448 (1836).
Eriopodium Hochst., Flora 29: 115 (1846).
Euklastaxon Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 412 (1854).
Leptopogon Roberty, Boissiera 9: 193 (1960).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics to N. America
Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Transcaucasus, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1045. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Andropogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Andropogon. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
Tropicos.org 2013. Andropogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Andropogon. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Andropogon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2013 27 Oct..

Vernacular names
English: Beard Grass, Bluestem Grass, Broomsedge
suomi: Varrasheinät
한국어: 쇠풀속
Türkçe: Sakal otu
українська: Бородач

Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as Southern Europe and various oceanic islands.[4][5][6][7][8]

Over 100 species have been described.[3][4][9]
Species
Andropogon leucostachyus

Andropogon abyssinicus
Andropogon aciculatus
Andropogon aequatoriensis
Andropogon amboinicus
Andropogon amethystinus
Andropogon appendiculatus
Andropogon arctatus
Andropogon benthamianus
Andropogon bentii
Andropogon bicornis
Andropogon brachystachyus
Andropogon campestris
Andropogon campii
Andropogon canaliculatus
Andropogon capillipes
Andropogon chinensis
Andropogon chrysostachyus
Andropogon consanguineus
Andropogon cordatus
Andropogon distachyos
Andropogon eucomus
Andropogon fastigiatus
Andropogon floridanus
Andropogon fragilis
Andropogon gabonensis
Andropogon gayanus – gamba grass, tambuki grass
Andropogon gerardi – big bluestem
Andropogon glaucopsis
Andropogon glomeratus – bushy bluestem
Andropogon gracilis
Andropogon gyrans
Andropogon hallii
Andropogon huillensis
Andropogon ingratus
Andropogon inermis
Andropogon ischaemum
Andropogon kelleri
Andropogon lanuginosus
Andropogon lateralis
Andropogon lawsonii
Andropogon leucostachyus
Andropogon liebmannii
Andropogon lividus
Andropogon longiberbis
Andropogon minarum
Andropogon mohrii
Andropogon murinus
Andropogon paniculatus
Andropogon pseudapricus
Andropogon pumilus
Andropogon scabriglumis
Andropogon schirensis
Andropogon schottii
Andropogon selloanus
Andropogon shimadae
Andropogon tectorum
Andropogon tenuiberbis
Andropogon ternarius – split bluestem
Andropogon ternatus
Andropogon thorelii
Andropogon tracyi
Andropogon virgatus
Andropogon virginicus – broomsedge bluestem, whiskeygrass
Andropogon yunnanensis

Many species once included in Andropogon are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Agenium, Anadelphia, Apluda, Arthraxon, Bothriochloa, Capeochloa, Capillipedium, Chrysopogon, Cymbopogon, Dichanthium, Diheteropogon, Elionurus, Elymandra, Eragrostis, Eulalia, Garnotia, Gymnopogon, Hemarthria, Heteropogon, Hyparrhenia, Hyperthelia, Ischaemum, Parahyparrhenia, Pentameris, Polytrias, Pseudopogonatherum, Pseudosorghum, Saccharum, Schizachyrium, Sorghastrum, Sorghum, Spodiopogon, Themeda, and Trachypogon.[3]
See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

lectotype designated by Green, International Botanical Congress Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists: 155-195 (1929)
"Andropogon". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
"Andropogon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Watson, L.; Dallwitz, M. J. (2008). "Andropogon". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 2. pp. 1045–1047.
NRCS. "Andropogon". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
"Genere Andropogon". Altervista Flora Italiana.
Chen, Shou-liang; Phillips, Sylvia M. "Andropogon". Flora of China. Vol. 22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
"Andropogon". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online