Lophopogon
| Lophopogon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Germainiinae |
| Genus: | Hack. |
| Type species | |
| Lophopogon tridentatus | |
Lophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India, consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]
Lophopogon prasannae, a species described from the state of Andhra Pradesh is allied to L. kingii and was thus synonymised as a new heterotypic synonym of the latter.[5] L. tridentatus is a widely distributed species in India whereas L. kingii is a rare grass occurring in Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in India.[5]
- Lophopogon kingii Hook.f. - Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in India.[5]
- Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hack. - Andhra pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Formerly included[6]
- Lophopogon intermedius - Apocopis intermedia
- Lophopogon tenax - Germainia tenax
- Lophopogon truncatiglumis - Germainia truncatiglumis
References
- ^ Tropicos, Lophopogon Hack.
- ^ Hackel, Eduard 1887. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 26 in German
- ^ Hackel, Eduard 1889. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6: 253-256 in Latin
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ a b c d Landge, Shahid Nawaz (14 December 2023). "Taxonomic note on the endemic genus Lophopogon (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) from India". Phytotaxa. 630 (2): 99–111. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.630.2.1.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford