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'''''Enneapogon''''' is a [[cosmopolitan]] genus of plants in the [[Poaceae|grass family]].<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394160#page/165/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 81-82] descriptions in Latin, commentary in French</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394160#page/301/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVI (16), figure XI (11)] line drawings of ''Enneapogon desvauxii''</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003619 Tropicos, ''Enneapogon'' Desv. ex P. Beauv.]</ref>
'''''Enneapogon''''' is a [[Cosmopolitan distribution|cosmopolitan]] genus of plants in the [[Poaceae|grass family]].<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394160#page/165/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 81-82] descriptions in Latin, commentary in French</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394160#page/301/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVI (16), figure XI (11)] line drawings of ''Enneapogon desvauxii''</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003619 Tropicos, ''Enneapogon'' Desv. ex P. Beauv.]</ref>


They are generally known as '''niggerheads''', '''bottle washers''' or '''pappus grass'''. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow [[inflorescence]]s.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=111718 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 456 九顶草属 jiu ding cao shu Enneapogon Desvaux ex P. Beauvois]</ref><ref>[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:351727 Atlas of Living Australia, ''Enneapogon'' Desv. ex P.Beauv., Nineawn grasses]</ref><ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8991 Jepson Manual Treatment]</ref>
They are generally known as '''niggerheads''', '''bottle washers''' or '''pappus grass'''. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow [[inflorescence]]s.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=111718 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 456 九顶草属 jiu ding cao shu Enneapogon Desvaux ex P. Beauvois]</ref><ref>[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:351727 Atlas of Living Australia, ''Enneapogon'' Desv. ex P.Beauv., Nineawn grasses]</ref><ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8991 Jepson Manual Treatment]</ref>

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bottle washers
pappus grass
Enneapogon nigricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Genus:
Enneapogon

Type species
Enneapogon desvauxii
Synonyms[3][2]
  • Pappophorum sect. Enneapogon (Desv. ex P. Beauv.) Hack.
  • Pappophorum sect. Enneapogon (Desv. ex P. Beauv.) Trin.
  • Calotheria Wight & Arn. ex Steud.

Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.[4][5][6]

They are generally known as niggerheads, bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.[7][8][9]

Species[3][10]
  1. Enneapogon asperatus - Queensland
  2. Enneapogon avenaceus - bottle-washers - Australia
  3. Enneapogon caerulescens - Australia
  4. Enneapogon cenchroides - Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent
  5. Enneapogon cylindricus - jointed nineawn - Australia
  6. Enneapogon decipiens - Australia
  7. Enneapogon desvauxii - nineawn pappusgrass - Africa, temperate Asia, southwestern USA, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina
  8. Enneapogon eremophilus - Northern Territory, Queensland
  9. Enneapogon foxii - Israel
  10. Enneapogon gracilis - slender bottle-washers - Queensland, New South Wales
  11. Enneapogon intermedius - Australia
  12. Enneapogon lindleyanus - conetop nineawn - Australia
  13. Enneapogon nigricans - blackheads, niggerheads - Australia [11]
  14. Enneapogon pallidus - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
  15. Enneapogon persicus - Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Jammu-Kashmir, Pakistan, Central Asia, Spain, Egypt, Algeria, tropical Africa, Middle East
  16. Enneapogon polyphyllus - leafy nineawn - Australia
  17. Enneapogon pretoriensis - Botswana to Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
  18. Enneapogon purpurascens - Western Australia, Northern Territory
  19. Enneapogon robustissimus - Australia
  20. Enneapogon scaber - Saudi Arabia, drier parts of Africa
  21. Enneapogon scoparius - Yemen, Africa
  22. Enneapogon spathaceus - Limpopo
  23. Enneapogon truncatus - Queensland, New South Wales
  24. Enneapogon virens - Queensland, New South Wales

References

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 83 (1920)
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 81-82 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  5. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVI (16), figure XI (11) line drawings of Enneapogon desvauxii
  6. ^ Tropicos, Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv.
  7. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 456 九顶草属 jiu ding cao shu Enneapogon Desvaux ex P. Beauvois
  8. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Enneapogon Desv. ex P.Beauv., Nineawn grasses
  9. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
  10. ^ The Plant List search for Enneapogon
  11. ^ Enneapogon nigricans. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enneapogon.
  • Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Enneapogon". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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