Chrysopogon
Encyclopedia
Chrysopogon is a genus
of grass in the Poaceae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grass in the Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
family.
Selected species
- Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.
- Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss.) Stapf
- Chrysopogon gryllusChrysopogon gryllusChrysopogon gryllus is a perennial bunchgrass of the Poaceae family, native to Europe and tropical and temperate Asia.It grows to 50-150 cm in height. Spikelets are associated in threes, of which the fertile one is unisexual with the other two staminal or not completely developed. The fruit is corn...
(L.) Trin. - Chrysopogon hackelii (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
- Chrysopogon nodulibarbis (Steud.) Henr.
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Trin.
- Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty – Vetiver (IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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