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The genus Andropogon is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Andropogon

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Andropogon abyssinicus R.Br. ex Fresen.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon aequatoriensis Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon africanus Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon alopecurus (Desv.) Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon amethystinus Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon angustatus (J.Presl) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon anomalus Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon appendiculatus Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon arctatus Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon arenarius Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon aridus Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon auriculatus Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon barretoi Norrmann & Quarín	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon bentii Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon bicornis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon bourgaei Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon brachystachyus Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon brasiliensis A.Zanin & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon brazzae Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon burmanicus Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon canaliculatus Schumach.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon carinatus Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon cernuus (Willd.) Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Andropogon chevalieri Reznik	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon chinensis (Nees) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon chrysostachyus Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon coloratus Hack.	Accepted		TRO
Andropogon comosus Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon cordatus Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon crassus Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon crossotos Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon crucianus Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon crupinus (Link) Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Andropogon curvifolius Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon distachyos L.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon diuturnus Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon durifolius Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon eucomus Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon exaratus Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon fastigiatus Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon festuciformis Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon floridanus Scribn.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon gabonensis Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon gayanus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon gerardii Vitman	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon glaucescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon glaucophyllus Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon glaziovii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon gracilis Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon greenwayi Napper	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon gyrans Ashe	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon hallii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon heterantherus Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon humbertii A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon hypogynus Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon ibityensis A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon imerinensis Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon incomptus Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon incurvatus Retz.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon indetonsus Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon ingratus Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon insolitus Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon ivohibensis A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon ivorensis Adjan. & Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon juncifolius Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon kelleri Hack. ex Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon kilmandscharicus Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon koleostachys Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon lacunosus J.G.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon lateralis Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon lehmannii Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon leprodes Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon liebmannii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon ligulatus (Stapf) Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon lima (Hack.) Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon lindmanii Hack. ex Lindm.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon lividus Thwaites	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon longiberbis Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon macrophyllus Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon mannii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon mederensis Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon microstachys Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon monocladus A.Zanin & Longhi-Wagner	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon multiflorus Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon munroi C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon nobukensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon onscurus K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pachyarthrus Hack. ex Duthie	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon perdignus Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon perligulatus Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pinguipes Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pohlianus Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon polyptychos Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pringlei Scribn. & Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pseudapricus Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pseudoischaemum Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pteropholis Clayton	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pumilus Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pungens Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon pusillus Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon quinhonensis A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon reedii C.L.Hitchc. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon scabriglumis Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon schirensis Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon selloanus (Hack.) Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon simplex Schumach.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon sincoranum Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon tectorum Schumach. & Thonn.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon tenuiberbis Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon ternarius Michx.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon ternatus (Spreng.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon textilis Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon thorelii A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon tracyi Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon trichozygus Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon urbanianus Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon vetus Sohns	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon virgatus Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon virginicus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Andropogon yunnanensis Hack.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,269 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Andropogon. Of these 122 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 568 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Andropogon. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,269 species names for the genus Andropogon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	122	9.6%
◕	Synonym	1,073	84.6%
◕	Unplaced	34	2.7%
◕	Unassessed	40	3.2%

All names

The status of the 1,837 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Andropogon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	130	7.1%
◕	Synonym	1,626	88.5%
◕	Unplaced	34	1.9%
◕	Unassessed	47	2.6%

Of these names,

• 110 are recorded as invalid
• 109 are recorded as illegitimate
• 12 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 1,269 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Andropogon, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	118	979	0	0	1,097	86.4%
	Medium confidence	3	81	0	0	84	6.6%
	Low confidence	1	13	34	40	88	6.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Andropogon, are as follows: