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Andropogon L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1045 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000002006.

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Synonyms of Andropogon

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anatherum P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 128, 150 (1812) wfo-4000001884
Arthrostachys Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 178 (1831) wfo-4000003183
Dimeiostemon Raf. Neogenyton : 4 (1825) wfo-4000011749
Eriopodium Hochst. Flora 29: 115 (1846) wfo-4000013864
Euklastaxon Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 412 (1854) wfo-4000014164
Heterochloa Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 170 (1831) wfo-4000017694
Homoeatherum Nees ex Lindl. Nat. Syst.ed. 2 448. 1836. wfo-4000018185
Hypogynium Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 364 (1829) wfo-4000018853
Leptopogon Roberty Boissiera 9: 193 (1960) wfo-4000021321
Eupogon Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 171 (1831) wfo-4000043913

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Andropogon:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon acicularis Raspail Saigey & Raspail, Ann. Sc. Observ. iv. 279 (1830). wfo-0000846045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon afrorum Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 1825 wfo-1200101290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon albescens Andersson – wfo-0001350858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon annulatus var. affinis F.M.Bailey Descriptive Catalogue of Queensland Grasses (Greater Britain Exhibition, Earl's Court, London, S.W. 1899) 1899 wfo-0001392273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon anomalus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 397 (1854) wfo-0000846111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon apricus var. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 457. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001393127
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon arenarius f. subcompleta Hack. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 34(6): 6. 1900 wfo-0001323823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon argyreus var. macrus Hack. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24: 39. 1900 wfo-0001393131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon arriani Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 7(21): 203. 1896 [Apr 1896] wfo-0001352199
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon astictus Buse Pl. Jungh. , prepr.: 20 (1854) wfo-0000846167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon australis subsp. australis – – wfo-0001367275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon australis var. australis – – wfo-0001392277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon australis var. dealbatus Hack. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6 1889 wfo-0001392278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon australis var. genuinus Hack. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6 1889 wfo-0001392282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon australis var. leiocladus Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 524 1889 wfo-0001095769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon bicornis var. genuinus Hack. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(3): 284. 1883 [1 Jul 1883] wfo-0001393140
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon brevifolius var. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 363. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001393143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon brownei Kunth Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland Sixieme Partie. R?vision des Gramin?es 1829 wfo-0001349806
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon catarinensis Norrmann & Nagahama Darwiniana 50(1): 114-123 2012 — wfo-0001317907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon cernuus (Willd.) Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. i. 273 (1820); Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, i. 270 (1832). wfo-0001095775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon comosus Spreng. Novi Provent. : 5 (1819) wfo-0000846360
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon conjugens Ekman – — wfo-0001257623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon contortus var. allionii (Lam. ex DC.) Hack. Bol. Soc. Brot. 3: 137 1885 wfo-0001095780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon contortus var. genuinus Hack. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6 1889 wfo-0001392303
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon cookei Stapf ex Woodrow J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13(3): 438. 1901 [20 Jan 1901] wfo-1200009691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon crassifolius Sohns – — wfo-0001096424
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon decipiens var. decipiens – – wfo-0001392310
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon decipiens var. typicus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001392311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon depauperatus (Spreng.) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 166 (1829) wfo-0000846442
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon digitatus Vahl ex Trin. Fund. Agrost. : 186 (1820) wfo-0000846453
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon dulce Burm.f. – — wfo-0001285853
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon effusus Anon. – wfo-0001349555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon elegans C.Cordem. ex Cordem. Fl. Réunion (E.J. de Cordemoy) (1895) 122. wfo-0000846494
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon elliottii var. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 415. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001393175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon elongatus var. elongatus – – wfo-0001392318
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon elythrophyllus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 378 (1854) wfo-0000846509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon erythrocoleos Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 391 (1854) wfo-0000846520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon exaltatus var. exaltatus – – wfo-0001392328
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon exaltatus var. genuinus Hack. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6 1889 wfo-0001392329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon flabelliformis Roxb. ex Spreng. Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 9 (1815) wfo-0000846575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon francavillanus E.Fourn. – wfo-0001348987
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon fundaensis var. latifolius Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 239 1918 — wfo-0001095784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon gambiensis A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 13: 870 (1933) wfo-0000846613
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon giganteus C.Cordem. Fl. Réunion : 122 (1895) wfo-0000846641
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon glaber Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 7 (1814) wfo-1000081006
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon glaucopsis var. minor Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(4-5): 397. 1854 [20-21 Jul 1854] wfo-0001398009
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon glaucus Lindh. Aufsätze Abh. 35. 1879 (as glaucum) wfo-1200009697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon globosus Henrard Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 106 1925 — wfo-0001095787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis C.S.Campb. Syst. Bot. 11: 291. 1986 wfo-0001397609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon gracilis var. gracilis – – — wfo-0001097173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon gryllus subsp. eugryllus Asch. & Graebn. Synopsis der Mitteleuropaischen Flora 2 1899 wfo-0001367278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon gryllus subsp. gryllus – – wfo-0001367279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon halepensis subsp. leiostachyus (Hack.) Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 28. 1915 [12 Mar 1915] wfo-0001368061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon halepensis subsp. miliformis (Schult.) Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 28. 1915 [12 Mar 1915] wfo-0001368059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon halepensis var. campanus (Ten. & Coss.) Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 23 1890 — wfo-0001095789
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon halepensis var. leiostachyus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 502. 1889 wfo-0001398626
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon hertiflorus var. oligostachys (Chapm.) Hack. – wfo-0001391693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon hirtinoides Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 657 (1880) wfo-0000846754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon hirtus var. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 619. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001393198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon importunus (Lour.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 382 (1854) wfo-0000846797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon incanus var. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 431. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001393204
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon intermedius var. decipiens Moodie Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 45 1934 wfo-0001392356
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon intermedius var. intermedius – – wfo-0001392357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon javanicus Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. iii. 448. wfo-0000846858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon junceus Rich. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 91 (1840) wfo-0000846861
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon junguensis Vanderyst – — wfo-0001285633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon kinsukaensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 1918, ix. 240. wfo-0001095792
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon lactiflorus Rupr. ex Hack. – wfo-0001348918
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon leucopogon var. genuinus E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 58. 1886 wfo-0001393208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon leucostachyus subsp. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 419. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001367366
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon longiramosus Sohns Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 272 (1957) wfo-0000846959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon martinii Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 367. 1864 [Dec 1864] wfo-0001352200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon mesanensis Biv. ex Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 164. 1842 wfo-0000847005
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon meyerianus Rupr. – — wfo-0001099447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon micranthus var. geniunus Hack. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6 1889 wfo-0001392381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon micranthus var. micranthus – – wfo-0001392385
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon minutissimus B.Heyne ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 147 (1896) wfo-0000847028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon mucronatus Andersson ex Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 577 (1889) wfo-0000847054
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon nardus Blanco Fl. Filip. : 39 (1837) wfo-1000038362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon nardus var. australiensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001392400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon ndemboensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 11: 233 1920 — wfo-0001095809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon neesii var. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 582. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001393219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon nemophyllus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 377 (1854) wfo-0000847106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon nodusus Nash North American Flora 17 1912 wfo-0001349987
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon parviflorus var. genuinus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001392409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon parviflorus var. parviflorus – – wfo-0001392412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon peticlatus Dalziel Bombay Fl. 303 1861 — wfo-0001095812
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon procerus var. genuinus Hack. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6 1889 wfo-0001392429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon procerus var. procerus – – wfo-0001392431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon provinciale Retz. Observ. Bot. 3: 43 [31] 43 [31] 1783 — wfo-0001095814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon radiatus P.Beauv. Essai d'une nouvelle Agrostographie 1812 wfo-0001350023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon radiatus R.Br. Ess. Agrostogr. 131, 151 1812 — wfo-0001095815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon ramosus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 173 (1775) wfo-0000847337
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon refractus f. euryphyllus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001327029
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon refractus f. refractus – – wfo-0001327030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon refractus var. refractus – – wfo-0001392447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon refractus var. tropicus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001392449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon refractus var. typicus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001392451
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon rufus var. genuinus Hack. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 621. 1889 [Apr 1889] wfo-0001393232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Andropogon rupestris Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 39 (1923) wfo-0000847381