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Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as Southern Europe and various oceanic islands.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Andropogon is referenced by 100 other articles, and connects out to Andropogon leucostachyus, plant and Carl Linnaeus.

It sits within the topics Andropogon, Andropogoneae and Grasses of Africa.

Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Johnson grass

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAlabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Belize, Benin, Bermuda
Observations33,213
Observations recorded236,423

Common Name: loodianah

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,704
With media
2,487
Family
Poaceae
Collections
CICY, INECOL, ASC, ETSU, CSCN, CIBNOR
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

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Commons category
Andropogon
taxon name
Andropogon
taxon common name
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Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as Southern Europe and various oceanic islands.

Over 100 species have been described.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andropogon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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