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Taxon: Andropogon virgatus Ham.

Genus:

Andropogon

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Andropogoninae

Nomen number:

3354

Place of publication:

Prodr. pl. Ind. occid. 9. 1825

Link to protologue:

Comment:

while Hamilton indicated "Herb. Prof. Desv." as the origin of the name and description, citation of Desvaux's herbarium is not considered an ascription to him (Shenzhen ICN Art. 46.3, Ex. 16; see also Howard, J. Arnold Arbor. 62:215. 1981)

Name Verified on:

07-Dec-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

(=) Andropogon spathiflorus (Nees) Kunth
(=) Hypogynium spathiflorum Nees
(=) Hypogynium virgatum (Ham.) Dandy

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

Mexico

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Hispaniola, Trinidad and Tobago, [Trinidad] United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Misiones] Paraguay, Uruguay

Naturalized

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

References:

Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. Note: lists as Andropogon virgatus Desv.; = Hypogynium virgatum (Ham.) Dandy
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas. Note: lists as Andropogon virgatus Desv.
Howard, R. A. et al. 1981. William Hamilton (1783-1856) and the Prodromus Plantarum Indiae Occidentalis (1825). J. Arnold Arbor. 62:211-242. Note: regarding authorship
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: lists as Andropogon virgatus Desv.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Note: = Hypogynium virgatum (Ham.) Dandy
Renvoize, S. A. 1984. The grasses of Bahia Note: lists as Andropogon virgatus Desv.
Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia Note: lists as Andropogon virgatus Desv.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47 Note: lists as Andropogon virgatus Desv.; = Hypogynium virgatum (Ham.) Dandy

Check other web resources for Andropogon virgatus Ham. :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=3354. Accessed 1 July 2024.