Chrysopogon

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: Chrysopogoninae
Genus: Chrysopogon
Species: C. aciculatus – C. argutus – C. asper – C. aucheri – C. borneensis – C. castaneus – C. celebicus – C. crevostii – C. elongatus – C. fallax – C. festucoides – C. filipes – C. fulvibarbis – C. fulvus – C. gryllus – C. hackelii – C. hamiltonii – C. humbertianus – C. intercedens – C. kerrii – C. lancearius – C. latifolius – C. lawsonii – C. macleishii – C. micrantherus – C. nemoralis – C. nigritanus – C. nodulibarbis – C. oliganthus – C. orientalis – C. pallidus – C. pauciflorus – C. perlaxus – C. plumulosus – C. polyphyllus – C. pseudozeylanicus – C. purushothamanii – C. rigidus – C. schmidianus – C. serrulatus – C. setifolius – C. subtilis – C. sylvaticus – C. tadulingamii – C. tenuiculmis – C. velutinus – C. verticillatus – C. zizanioides
Name

Chrysopogon Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 187. (1820)

Type species: Chrysopogon gryllus (L.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 188. (1820)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Phoenix Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 2: 202 (1768), nom. superfl.
Rhaphis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 538 (1790), nom. inval.
Pollinia Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 10 (1815), nom. rej.
Centrophorum Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 106 (1820).
Vetiveria Bory in Lem., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1822: 43 (1822).
Mandelorna Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 359 (1854).

References

Trinius, C.B. von 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae 187.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chrysopogon in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug.. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Chrysopogon. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug. 2021.
Tropicos.org 2013. Chrysopogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
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[1]

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 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

formerly included[1]

see Asthenochloa Andropogon Bothriochloa Capillipedium Dimeria Garnotia Sorghastrum

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

References

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