Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Heteropogon Pers.
TANGLEHEAD
Classification
POALES
Heteropogon
Citation
HETEROPOGON Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 533. 1807.
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TYPE: Heteropogon glaber Persoon, nom. illegit. (Andropogon allionii de Candolle; Heteropogon allionii (de Candolle) Roemer & Schultes. Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 127. 1912. Bor (Kew Bull. 1954: 74. 1954) selected Heteropogon hirt
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Heteropogon contortus TANGLEHEAD Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Heteropogon melanocarpus SWEET TANGLEHEAD Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Perennial; glumes eglandular, glabrous or hirsute
1.  Annual; glumes with glandular pits, glabrous
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Spirotheros Spirotheros Rafinesque, Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 221. 1830. TYPE: Stipa melanocarpa Muhlenberg