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Enneapogon 
Summary
Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.[2][4][5]
| Enneapogon | |
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| Enneapogon nigricans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Eragrostideae |
| Subtribe: | Cotteinae |
| Genus: | Enneapogon Desv. ex P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Enneapogon desvauxii | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.[6][7][8]
- Enneapogon asperatus - Queensland
- Enneapogon avenaceus - bottle-washers - Australia
- Enneapogon caerulescens - Australia
- Enneapogon cenchroides - Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent
- Enneapogon cylindricus - jointed nineawn - Australia
- Enneapogon decipiens - Australia
- Enneapogon desvauxii - nineawn pappusgrass - Africa, temperate Asia, southwestern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina
- Enneapogon elegans - Burma, India
- Enneapogon eremophilus - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Enneapogon foxii - Israel
- Enneapogon gracilis - slender bottle-washers - Queensland, New South Wales
- Enneapogon intermedius - Australia
- Enneapogon lindleyanus - conetop nineawn - Australia
- Enneapogon nigricans - blackheads, niggerheads - Australia [10]
- Enneapogon pallidus - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Enneapogon persicus - Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Jammu-Kashmir, Pakistan, Central Asia, Spain, Egypt, Algeria, tropical Africa, Middle East
- Enneapogon polyphyllus - leafy nineawn - Australia
- Enneapogon pretoriensis - Botswana to Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
- Enneapogon purpurascens - Western Australia, Northern Territory
- Enneapogon robustissimus - Australia
- Enneapogon scaber - Saudi Arabia, drier parts of Africa
- Enneapogon scoparius - Yemen, Africa
- Enneapogon spathaceus - Limpopo
- Enneapogon truncatus - Queensland, New South Wales
- Enneapogon virens - Queensland, New South Wales
References edit
- ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 83 (1920)
- ^ a b c Tropicos, Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 81-82 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVI (16), figure XI (11) line drawings of Enneapogon desvauxii
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 456 九顶草属 jiu ding cao shu Enneapogon Desvaux ex P. Beauvois
- ^ "Atlas of Living Australia, Enneapogon Desv. ex P.Beauv., Nineawn grasses". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ The Plant List search for Enneapogon
- ^ Enneapogon nigricans. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
External links edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Enneapogon.
- Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Enneapogon". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.