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Lophopogon
Sign in to saveLophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India, consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- US, MNHN
- Recorded in
- India
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Andropogoninae
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- taxon name
- Lophopogon
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lophopogon
- taxon author citation
- Hack.
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Lophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India, consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family.
Lophopogon prasannae, a species described from the state of Andhra Pradesh is allied to L. kingii and was thus synonymised as a new heterotypic synonym of the latter. L. tridentatus is a widely distributed species in India whereas L. kingii is a rare grass occurring in Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in India. Species Lophopogon kingii Hook.f. - Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in India. Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hack. - Andhra pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu Formerly included see Apocopis Germainia Lophopogon intermedius - Apocopis intermedia Lophopogon tenax - Germainia tenax Lophopogon truncatiglumis - Germainia truncatiglumis
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