Enneapogon
Genus of grasses
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Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.[2][4][5]
| Enneapogon | |
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| Enneapogon nigricans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
