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Enneapogon
Sign in to saveEnneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Enneapogon, es un género de plantas herbáceas perteneciente a la familia de las poáceas. Es originario de las regiones cálidas. Comprende 50 especies descritas y de estas, solo 23 aceptadas.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 250
- With media
- 114
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- US, NY, COLO
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, United States, Namibia, Australia, Argentina, Tanzania, Afghanistan, St. Helena Islands
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Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences. Species Enneapogon asperatus - Queensland Enneapogon avenaceus - bottle-washers - Australia Enneapogon caerulescens - Australia Enneapogon cenchroides - Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent Enneapogon cylindricus - jointed nineawn - Australia Enneapogon decipiens - Australia Enneapogon desvauxii - nineawn pappusgrass - Africa, temperate Asia, southwestern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina Enneapogon elegans - Burma, India Enneapogon eremophilus - Northern Territory, Queensland Enneapogon foxii - Israel Enneapogon gracilis - slender bottle-washers - Queensland, New South Wales Enneapogon intermedius - Australia Enneapogon lindleyanus - conetop nineawn - Australia Enneapogon nigricans - blackheads, niggerheads - Australia Enneapogon pallidus - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands Enneapogon persicus - Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Jammu-Kashmir, Pakistan, Central Asia, Spain, Egypt, Algeria, tropical Africa, Middle East Enneapogon polyphyllus - leafy nineawn - Australia Enneapogon pretoriensis - Botswana to Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Enneapogon purpurascens - Western Australia, Northern Territory Enneapogon robustissimus - Australia Enneapogon scaber - Saudi Arabia, drier parts of Africa Enneapogon scoparius - Yemen, Africa Enneapogon spathaceus - Limpopo Enneapogon truncatus - Queensland, New South Wales Enneapogon virens - Queensland, New South Wales
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