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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Heteropogon

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Heteropogon fischerianus Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Heteropogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Heteropogon polystachyus (Roxb.) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Heteropogon ritchiei (Hook.f.) Blatt. & McCann	Accepted		WCSP
Heteropogon triticeus (R.Br.) Stapf ex Craib	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 51 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Heteropogon. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 10 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Heteropogon. 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 51 species names for the genus Heteropogon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	6	11.8%
◕	Synonym	43	84.3%
◕	Unplaced	2	3.9%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 61 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Heteropogon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	6	9.8%
◕	Synonym	53	86.9%
◕	Unplaced	2	3.3%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 51 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Heteropogon, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	6	39	0	0	45	88.2%
	Medium confidence	0	4	0	0	4	7.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	2	0	2	3.9%

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