Review Article

Review of the Genus Andropogon (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) in America Based on Cytogenetic Studies

Table 1

Species of Andropogon distributed in America.

TaxaDistribution 2 š‘› Section

A. aequatoriensis Hitchc.South AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon
A. arctatus Chapm.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. arenarius Hack.South America60Leptopogon (A. lateralis complex)
A. barretoi Norrmann and QuarinSouth America60Notosolen
A. bicornis L.Americas60Leptopogon (A. lateralis complex)
A. bourgaei Hack.Northern America?Leptopogon
A. brachystachyus Chapm.Northern America20Leptopogon
A. brasiliensis A. Zanin and Longhi-WagnerSouth America??
A. cabanisii Hack.Northern America?Leptopogon
A. campestris Trin.South AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon
A. campii SwalenSouth America?Leptopogon
A. canaliglumis Norrmann, Swenson and CaponioCentral AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon
A. carinatus NeesSouth AmericaProbably 20Leptopogon
A. cordatus SwallenSouth AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon
A. crassus SohnsSouth AmericaProbably 60Notosolen
A. crispifolius Guala and FilgueirasSouth AmericaProbably 60Notosolen
A. cubensis Hack.Central AmericaProbably 20?
A. diuturnus SohnsSouth AmericaProbably 20Leptopogon
A. durifolius RenvoizeSouth AmericaProbably 60Notosolen
A. elliotii Chapm.Northern America20Leptopogon
A. ekmanii Norrmann, Swenson and CaponioCentral AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon (A. lateralis complex)
A. exaratus Hack.South America60, 60+2BNotosolen
A. flavescens J. PreslSouth AmericaProbably 60Andropogon
A. floridanus Scribn.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. gerardii VitmanNorthern America60, 70, 80, 90Andropogon
A. glaucescens KunthSouth AmericaProbably 60Andropogon
A. glaucophyllus Roseng., B.R. Arrill. and Izag.South America60Notosolen
A. glaziovii Hack.South America60Leptopogon (A.lateralis complex)
A. glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns and Poggenb.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. glomeratus var. glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns and Poggenb.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. glomeratus var. hirsutior (Hack.) C. MohrNorthern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. glomeratus var. pumilus (Vasey) L. H. DeweyNorthern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. gyrans var. gyrans AsheNorthern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. gyrans var. stenophyllus (Hack.) C. S. Campb.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. hallii Hack.Northern America60, 70, 100Andropogon
A. herzogii Hack.South AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon
A. hondurensis (R.W. Pohl) WipffCentral America80Andropogon
A. hypogynus Hack.South and Central America60Leptopogon (A. lateralis complex)
A. indetonsus SohnsSouth AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon
A. lateralis NeesSouth and Central America60, 60+2BLeptopogon (A. lateralis complex)
A. leucostachyus KunthSouth and Central America20Leptopogon
A. liebmannii Hack.Northern America20Leptopogon
A. liebmannii Hack. var. pungensis (Ashe) C. S. Campb.Northern America20Leptopogon
A. lindmanii Hack.South America60Leptopogon (A. lateralis complex)
A. longiberbis Hack.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. longiramosus SohnsSouth America?Leptopogon
A. macrothrix Trin.South America20Leptopogon
A. monocladus A. Zanin and Longhi-WagnerSouth America??
A. nashianus Hitchc.Central AmericaProbably 20Leptopogon
A. palustris Pilg.South AmericaProbably 20?
A. perdignus SohnsSouth AmericaProbably 60Andropogon
A. pohlianus Hack.South AmericaProbably 60Notosolen
A. pringlei Scribn. and Merr.Northern America?probably Leptopogon
A. reedii Hitchc. and EkmanCentral AmericaProbably 20Leptopogon
A. reinoldii LeĆ³nCentral AmericaProbably 20Leptopogon
A. sanlorenzousa KilleenSouth AmericaProbably 20Leptopogon
A. scabriglumis SwallenSouth AmericaProbably 60Leptopogon
A. selloanus (Hack.) Hack.South and Central America20Leptopogon
A. sincoranus RenvoizeSouth America?Leptopogon
A. spadiceus SwallenNorthern America??
A. ternarius Michx.Northern America40, 60Leptopogon
A. ternarius var cabanisii (Hack) Fernald and GriscomNorthern America?Leptopogon
A. ternatus (Spreng.) NeesSouth America30Leptopogon
A. tracyi NashNorthern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. urbanianus Hitchc.Central America80Leptopogon
A. virginicus L.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. virginicus var. glaucus Hack.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. virginicus var. virginicus L.Northern America20Leptopogon (A. virginicus complex)
A. vetus SohnsSouth AmericaProbably 60?