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Andropogon
Andropogon virginicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Genus:
Andropogon

Species

about 100, see text

Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a genus of grasses.[1]

Andropogon gerardii, big bluestem, is the official state grass of Illinois.[2]

There are about 100 species.[1]

Species

Andropogon leucostachyus

  

A. abyssinicus
A. aciculatus
A. aequatoriensis
A. amboinicus
A. amethystinus
A. appendiculatus
A. arctatus
A. benthamianus
A. bentii
A. bicornis
A. brachystachyus
A. cabanisii
A. campestris
A. campii
A. canaliculatus
A. capillipes
A. chinensis
A. chrysostachyus
A. consanguineus
A. cordatus
A. distachyos
A. eucomus

A. fastigiatus
A. floridanus
A. fragilis
A. gabonensis
A. gayanus
A. gerardii
A. glaucopsis
A. glomeratus
A. gracilis
A. gyrans
A. hallii
A. huillensis
A. ingratus
A. inermis
A. lanuginosus
A. lateralis
A. lawsonii
A. leucostachyus
A. liebmannii
A. lividus
A. longiberbis

A. minarum
A. mohrii
A. murinus
A. paniculatus
A. pseudapricus
A. pumilus
A. scabriglumis
A. schirensis
A. schoenanthus
A. schottii
A. selloanus
A. shimadae
A. tectorum
A. tenuiberbis
A. ternarius
A. ternatus
A. thorelii
A. tracyi
A. virgatus
A. virginicus

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. (2008). "Andropogon". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  2. ^ State Symbol: Illinois State Prairie Grass — Big Bluestem (Adropogon gerardii). Illinois State Museum.

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