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Perennials, rarely annuals. Inflorescence a contracted, often spike-like panicle. Spikelets 3-flowered, laterally flattened, disarticulating above the glumes and below the fertile florets. Lowest floret bisexual; second male or sterile, third reduced, often only a tuft of awns. Glumes persistent, 3-5(-7)-nerved, equal or subequal, membranous; upper as long as the lower lemma. Lemma of the lowest floret 9-nerved, with 9 ciliate awns, dorsally rounded, densely villous (at least below the middle); awns scaberulous or plumose, 3-5 times as long as the body of the lemma.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Enneapogon Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=151
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Enneapogon

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Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.[2][4][5]

They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.[6][7][8]

Species[3][9]

References

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 83 (1920)
  2. ^ a b c Tropicos, Enneapogon Desv. ex P. Beauv.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 81-82 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  5. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVI (16), figure XI (11) line drawings of Enneapogon desvauxii
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 456 九顶草属 jiu ding cao shu Enneapogon Desvaux ex P. Beauvois
  7. ^ "Atlas of Living Australia, Enneapogon Desv. ex P.Beauv., Nineawn grasses". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  8. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
  9. ^ The Plant List search for Enneapogon
  10. ^ Enneapogon nigricans. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

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Enneapogon: Brief Summary

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Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.

They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.

Species Enneapogon asperatus - Queensland Enneapogon avenaceus - bottle-washers - Australia Enneapogon caerulescens - Australia Enneapogon cenchroides - Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent Enneapogon cylindricus - jointed nineawn - Australia Enneapogon decipiens - Australia Enneapogon desvauxii - nineawn pappusgrass - Africa, temperate Asia, southwestern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina Enneapogon elegans - Burma, India Enneapogon eremophilus - Northern Territory, Queensland Enneapogon foxii - Israel Enneapogon gracilis - slender bottle-washers - Queensland, New South Wales Enneapogon intermedius - Australia Enneapogon lindleyanus - conetop nineawn - Australia Enneapogon nigricans - blackheads, niggerheads - Australia Enneapogon pallidus - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands Enneapogon persicus - Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Jammu-Kashmir, Pakistan, Central Asia, Spain, Egypt, Algeria, tropical Africa, Middle East Enneapogon polyphyllus - leafy nineawn - Australia Enneapogon pretoriensis - Botswana to Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Enneapogon purpurascens - Western Australia, Northern Territory Enneapogon robustissimus - Australia Enneapogon scaber - Saudi Arabia, drier parts of Africa Enneapogon scoparius - Yemen, Africa Enneapogon spathaceus - Limpopo Enneapogon truncatus - Queensland, New South Wales Enneapogon virens - Queensland, New South Wales
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