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Lophopogon
Sign in to saveLophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India, consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Lophopogon, and connects out to India, plant and Maharashtra.
It is catalogued under topics including Andropogoneae, Endemic flora of India (region) and Poaceae genera.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- US, MNHN
- Recorded in
- India
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Andropogoninae
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- taxon name
- Lophopogon
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lophopogon
- taxon author citation
- Hack.
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Encyclopedic overview
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Lophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India, consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family.
Lophopogon prasannae, a species described from the state of Andhra Pradesh is allied to L. kingii and was thus synonymised as a new heterotypic synonym of the latter. L. tridentatus is a widely distributed species in India whereas L. kingii is a rare grass occurring in Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in India. Species Lophopogon kingii Hook.f. - Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in India. Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hack. - Andhra pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu Formerly included see Apocopis Germainia Lophopogon intermedius - Apocopis intermedia Lophopogon tenax - Germainia tenax Lophopogon truncatiglumis - Germainia truncatiglumis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lophopogon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.