Tripogon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Tripogoninae
Genus: Tripogon
Species: (44)
T. africanus – T. anantaswamianus – T. bromoides – T. capillatus – T. chinensis – T. cope – T. curvatus – T. debilis – T. ekmanii – T. filiformis – T. humilis – T. jacquemontii – T. larsenii – T. leptophyllus – T. liouae – T. lisboae – T. loliiformis – T. longearistatus – T. major – T. minimus – T. modestus – T. montanus – T. multiflorus – T. nanus – T. narayanae – T. nicorae – T. oliganthos – T. panxianensis – T. polyanthus – T. pungens – T. purpurascens – T. ravianus – T. rupestris – T. siamensis – T. sichuanicus – T. sivarajanii – T. spicatus – T. subtilissimus – T. thorelii – T. trifidus – T. vellarianus – T. wardii – T. wightii – T. yunnanensis
Name

Tripogon Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 34 (1817)
Type species: Tripogon bromoides Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 600 (1817)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Plagiolytrum Nees, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 95 (1841).
Kralikia Coss. & Durieu, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 14: 89 (1867).
Arcangelina Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 759 (1891).

References

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817) Systema Vegetabilium 2: 34, 600.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Tripogon in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Tripogon. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3.
Tropicos.org 2013. Tripogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Tripogon. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names
English: Fiveminute Grass

Tripogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.[3] They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.[4][5][6][7] Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.[8]
Species

Species include:[4][9]

Tripogon africanus - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, Oman, Saudi Arabia
Tripogon anantaswamianus - India
Tripogon borii - Tamil Nadu
Tripogon bromoides - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar
Tripogon capillatus - Oman, India, Myanmar
Tripogon chinensis - China, Mongolia, Siberia, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines
Tripogon copei - Tamil Nadu
Tripogon curvatus - Kenya
Tripogon debilis - Sichuan
Tripogon ekmanii - Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
Tripogon filiformis - China, Indian Subcontinent, southeast Asia
Tripogon humilis - Tibet
Tripogon jacquemontii - India
Tripogon larsenii - Thailand
Tripogon leptophyllus - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Oman
Tripogon liouae - Tibet
Tripogon lisboae - India
Tripogon loliiformis - New Guinea, Australia
Tripogon longiaristatus - China, Japan, Korea
Tripogon major - Africa
Tripogon minimus - Africa incl Madagascar + Cape Verde
Tripogon modestus - Angola, Malawi
Tripogon montanus - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Tripogon multiflorus - Cape Verde, Niger, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan
Tripogon narayanae - India
Tripogon nicorae - Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
Tripogon oliganthos - Yemen
Tripogon polyanthus - India
Tripogon pungens - India
Tripogon purpurascens - southern Asia from Yemen to Xinjiang to Thailand
Tripogon ravianus - Tamil Nadu
Tripogon rupestris - Yunnan, Nepal, Tibet
Tripogon siamensis - Thailand
Tripogon sichuanicus - Sichuan
Tripogon sivarajanii - Kerala
Tripogon spicatus - from Texas to Uruguay
Tripogon subtilissimus - Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman
Tripogon thorelii - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Tripogon trifidus - Himalayas, Yunnan, northern Indochina
Tripogon vellarianus - Kerala
Tripogon velliangiriensis - Tamil Nadu
Tripogon wardii - Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Tripogon wightii - India
Tripogon yunnanensis - Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet
Tripogon malabaricus - Kerala
Tripogon idukkianus - Kerala
Tripogon bimucronatus - Kerala
Tripogon munnarensis - Kerala
Tripogon karnatakensis - Karnataka
Tripogon uma-ganeshii - Andhra Pradesh

Formerly included:[4] see Indopoa Oropetium

Tripogon pauperculus - Indopoa paupercula
Tripogon roxburghianus - Oropetium roxburghianum

References

Tropicos, Tripogon Roem. & Schult.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Roemer, Johann Jakob & Schultes, Josef August 1817. Systema Vegetabilium 2: 34, 600 in Latin
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 22 Page 466 草沙蚕属 cao sha can shu Tripogon Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 34. 1817
Flopra of Pakistan
Atlas of Living Australia
"Tripogon". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
The Plant List search for Tripogon