Gymnopogon Explained

Gymnopogon (skeletongrass) is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species^{[4] [5]}

• Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - southeastern + south-central United States (NM to NJ); Hispaniola
• Gymnopogon aristiglumis Hitchc. - El Salvador
• Gymnopogon brevifolius Trin. - southeastern + south-central USA (TX to NJ)
• Gymnopogon burchellii (Munro ex Döll) Ekman - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
• Gymnopogon chapmanianus Hitchc. - Georgia, Florida
• Gymnopogon delicatulus (C.B.Clarke) Bor - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam^[6]
• Gymnopogon doellii Boechat & Valls - Brazil
• Gymnopogon fastigiatus Nees - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia
• Gymnopogon foliosus (Willd.) Nees - Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Brazil
• Gymnopogon glaber Caro - Argentina
• Gymnopogon grandiflorus Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru
• Gymnopogon legrandii Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
• Gymnopogon spicatus (Spreng.) Kuntze - from Veracruz to Uruguay including Trinidad
• Gymnopogon toldensis Sulekic & Rúgolo - Argentina

formerly includednow regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
• Book: Ambrose-Marie-François-Joseph Palisot de Beauvois. Essai d'une nouvelle agrostographie: ou nouveaux genres des graminées; avec figures représentant les caractères de tous les genres. 9 November 2012. 1812. Chez l'Auteur. 41–.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394120#page/125/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 41-42
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394120#page/294/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure III (3 a-e)
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018970 Tropicos, Gymnopogon P. Beauv.
4. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Gymnopogon Biota of North america Program 2013 county distribution maps
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Gymnopogon The Plant List search for Gymnopogon
6. 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