Heteropogon contortus

Characteristics

Monocots
POACEAE
Heteropogon
Heteropogon contortus (L.)P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
TANGLEHEAD
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Not Native UPL (NWPL)
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Classification

POALES
POACEAE
Heteropogon
Heteropogon contortus (L.)P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. - TANGLEHEAD

Citation

HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 836. 1817.
Andropogon contortus Linnaeus 1753.
INDIA: Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia t. 191(5). 1692). Lectotypified by Cope, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 143: 312. 1982.
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Plant Photos

Heteropogon contortus - 270
Heteropogon contortus - Shirley Denton View Full Size
Heteropogon contortus - 270
Heteropogon contortus - Shirley Denton View Full Size
Heteropogon contortus - 270
Heteropogon contortus - Shirley Denton View Full Size
Heteropogon contortus - 315
Heteropogon contortus - Doug Goldman View Full Size
Heteropogon contortus - 315
Heteropogon contortus - Doug Goldman View Full Size
Heteropogon contortus - 315
Heteropogon contortus - Doug Goldman View Full Size