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Andropogon
Sign in to saveAndropogon (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.
Species
Johnson grass
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAlabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Belize, Benin, Bermuda
Observations33,213
Observations recorded236,423
Common Name: loodianah
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,704
- With media
- 2,487
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- CICY, INECOL, ASC, ETSU, CSCN, CIBNOR
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Research
327 papers- Biocomposite Materials Derived from Andropogon halepensis: Eco-Design and Biophysical Evaluation.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Pseudomonas cultivated from Andropogon gerardii rhizosphere show functional potential for promoting plant host growth and drought resilience.BMC genomics · 2022
- Home-field advantage affects the local adaptive interaction between Andropogon gerardii ecotypes and root-associated bacterial communities.Microbiology spectrum · 2023
- Goat performance on pure Andropogon gayanus pastures or associated with legumes.Tropical animal health and production · 2020
- Antioxidant, Anti-tyrosinase, Anti-α-amylase, and Cytotoxic Potentials of the Invasive Weed Andropogon virginicus.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Andropogoninae
- Image
- Starr 031118-0122 Andropogon virginicus.jpg
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- Andropogon
- taxon name
- Andropogon
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Andropogon
- taxon common name
- obrad
- has fruit type
- caryopsis
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.