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Enneapogon

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Enneapogon

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Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Ascension, Bolivia, Botswana, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is.
Observations recorded48,259

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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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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