Gymnopogon

Gymnopogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Genus:	Gymnopogon; P. Beauv. 1812
Type species
	; Michx.
Synonyms
	Alloiatheros Raf.; Anthopogon Nutt.; Biatherium Desv.; Doellochloa Kuntze; Monochaete Döll;

Gymnopogon (skeletongrass)^[2] is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - southeastern + south-central United States (NM to NJ); Hispaniola
Hitchc. - El Salvador
Trin. - southeastern + south-central USA (TX to NJ)
(Munro ex Döll) Ekman - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Hitchc. - Georgia, Florida
(C.B.Clarke) Bor - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam^[8]
Boechat & Valls - Brazil
Nees - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia
(Willd.) Nees - Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Brazil
Caro - Argentina
Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru
Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
(Spreng.) Kuntze - from Veracruz to Uruguay including Trinidad
Sulekic & Rúgolo - Argentina

now regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gymnopogon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Gymnopogon". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 41-42
^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure III (3 a-e) line drawings of floral parts of Gymnopogon ambiguus
^ Tropicos, Gymnopogon P. Beauv.
^ Biota of North america Program 2013 county distribution maps
^ The Plant List search for Gymnopogon
^ Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590

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