Lophopogon Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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. 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.

Species^{[5] [6]}

• Lophopogon kingii Hook.f. - Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in India.
• Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hack. - Andhra pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

Formerly included^[5] see Apocopis Germainia

• Lophopogon intermedius - Apocopis intermedia
• Lophopogon tenax - Germainia tenax
• Lophopogon truncatiglumis - Germainia truncatiglumis

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16792208#page/304/mode/1up Hackel, Eduard 1887. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 26
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32416934#page/256/mode/1up Hackel, Eduard 1889. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6: 253-256
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00357.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Landge . Shahid Nawaz . 14 December 2023 . Taxonomic note on the endemic genus Lophopogon (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) from India . Phytotaxa . 630 . 2 . 99–111 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.2.1 . https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376488505_Taxonomic_note_on_the_endemic_genus_Lophopogon_Poaceae_Andropogoneae_from_India?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImhvbWUiLCJwYWdlIjoicHJvZmlsZSIsInByZXZpb3VzUGFnZSI6ImhvbWUiLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6InBhZ2VDb250ZW50In19.
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=422996 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford