Trachypogon is a small genus of African and Latin American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] Crinkleawn grass is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]

Trachypogon
Trachypogon spicatus inflorescence
Trachypogon spicatus habit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Saccharinae
Genus: Trachypogon
Nees
Synonyms[1]
  • Homopogon Stapf
Species[1][6]
formerly included[1]

see Bothriochloa Cymbopogon Heteropogon Hyparrhenia Sorghastrum Sorghum

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1829. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 341-355 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Trachypogon Nees
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ NRCS. "Trachypogon". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Trachypogon". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map