Pappophorum

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Pappophorum
Pappophorum bicolor HC-1950-d.png
Pappophorum bicolor[4]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Genus: Pappophorum
Schreb.[1]
Type species
(syn of P. pappiferum)[2]
Vahl.[3]
Synonyms[2]
  • Polyrhaphis Lindl.

Pappophorum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Western Hemisphere.[5][3] Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.[6][7]

Species[2][8][9]
  • Pappophorum bicolor E.Fourn. – Pink pappusgrass - Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, D.F., Veracruz, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
  • R.E.Fr. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
  • Hack. - Paraguay
  • Roseng. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
  • Nees - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • (Lam.) Kuntze – Limestone Pappusgrass - Mexico, West Indies, South America
  • Parodi - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Sonora
formerly included[2]

see Bouteloua Bromus Enneapogon Pentameris Triodia

References[]

  1. ^ "Genus: Pappophorum Schreb". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  2. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Pappophorum Schreb.
  4. ^ illustration circa 1950, probably by Agnes Chase, published in for Albert S. Hitchcock, Manual of the grasses of the United States. Ed. 2.
  5. ^ Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel von. 1791. Genera Plantarum 2: 787
  6. ^ "Pappophorum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  7. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  9. ^ Davidse, G. 1994. 73. Pappophorum Schreber. 6: 257. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..


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