genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of plants in the
grass family
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
, native to the
Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the 180th meridian.- The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Geopolitically, ...
.Tropicos, Pappophorum Schreb. /ref> Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.
; SpeciesDavidse, G. 1994. 73. ''Pappophorum'' Schreber. 6: 257. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
* '' Pappophorum bicolor'' E.Fourn. – pink pappusgrass - Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, D.F., Veracruz, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
* '' Pappophorum caespitosum'' R.E.Fr. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
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Pappophorum hassleri
''Pappophorum'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native to the Western Hemisphere. Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.
; SpeciesDavidse, G. 1994. 73. ''Pappophorum'' Schreber. 6: 257. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa ...
'' Hack. - Paraguay
* '' Pappophorum krapovickasii'' Roseng. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
* '' Pappophorum mucronulatum'' Nees - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
* '' Pappophorum pappiferum'' (Lam.) Kuntze – limestone pappusgrass - Mexico, West Indies, South America
* '' Pappophorum philippianum'' Parodi - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Sonora
; formerly included
see ''
Bouteloua
''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
Description
''Bouteloua'' includes both annual and perennial grasses, which frequently form stolons. Species have an inflo ...
Bromus
''Bromus'' is a large genus of grasses, classified in its own tribe Bromeae. They are commonly known as bromes, brome grasses, cheat grasses, or chess grasses. Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 100 ...
Enneapogon
''Enneapogon'' is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They ha ...
Pentameris
''Pentameris'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2 ...