Pappophorum

Pappophorum
Pappophorum bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Pappophorinae
Genus: Pappophorum
Schreb.
Type species
Pappophorum alopecuroideum (syn of P. pappiferum)
Vahl.
Synonyms
  • Polyrhaphis Lindl.

Pappophorum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Western Hemisphere. Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.

Species
formerly included

see Bouteloua Bromus Enneapogon Pentameris Triodia

References

  1. ↑ illustration circa 1950, probably by Agnes Chase, published in for Albert S. Hitchcock, Manual of the grasses of the United States. Ed. 2.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Pappophorum Schreb". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Tropicos, Pappophorum Schreb.
  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.