Gymnopogon
Genus of grasses
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Gymnopogon (skeletongrass)[2] is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.[3][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[8]
- 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 included[1]
| Gymnopogon | |
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| Common name: Bearded skeletongrass
Photographed at the Camp Robinson Special Use Area Wildlife Management Area, Faulkner County, Arkansas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Hubbardochloinae |
| Genus: | Gymnopogon P. Beauv. 1812[1] |
| Type species | |
| Andropogon ambiguus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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now regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon
