Review Article
Review of the Genus Andropogon (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) in America Based on Cytogenetic Studies
Table 2
Species of Andropogon distributed in Africa.
| | Taxa | Distribution | | Section |
| | A. abyssinicus R. Br. ex Fresen. | East Africa | 32 | Andropogon | | A. africanus Franch. | Africa | 40 | Leptopogon | | A. amethystinus Steud. | Africa | 20, c.30 | Andropogon | | A. amplectens Nees | Southern Africa | 40 | Piestium | | A. appendiculatus Nees | Southern Africa | 20, 40, 60 | Notosolen | | A. ascinodis C.B. Clarke | Africa and India | 40 | probably Notosolen | | A. auriculatus Stapf | West Africa | ? | ? | | A. brachyatherus Hochst. | Southern Africa | 20 | ? | | A. brazzae Franch. | Southern Africa | 20, 40 | ? | | A. canaliculatus Schumach. | Africa | 20 | Piestium | | A. chevalieri Reznik | West Africa | ? | ? | | A. chinensis (Nees) Merrill | Africa and Asia | ? | Piestium | | A. chrysostachyus Steud. | East Africa | ? | ? | | A. curvifolius Clayton | West Africa | 20 | Leptopogon | | A. distachyos L. | Africa/Europe | 36, 40 | Andropogon | | A. dummeri Stapf | West Africa | 20 | ? | | A. eucomus Nees | Africa | 20, 40 | ? | | A. filifolius (Nees) Steud | Southern Africa | ? | Piestium | | A. gabonensis Stapf | West Africa | 20, 21 | ? | | A. gayanus Kunth | Africa and Asia | 20, 35, 40, 42, 43, 44 | Notosolen | | A. gayanus Kunth var bisquamulatus (Hochst.) Hack. | Africa and Asia | 40 | Notosolen | | A. gayanus Kunth var gayanus | Africa and Asia | 40 | Notosolen | | A. gayanus Kunth var squamulatus (Hochst) Stapf. | Africa and Asia | 40 | Notosolen | | A. guianensis Kunth ex Steud. | Africa | 40 | ? | | A. heterantherus Stapf | East Africa | ? | Piestium | | A. huillensis Rendle | Southern Africa | 20, 60, 100 | Leptopogon | | A. ivorensis Adjan. and Clayton | West Africa | 40 | ? | | A. kilimandscharicus Pilger | Africa | 20 | Andropogon | | A. laxatus Stapf | Africa | ? | Leptopogon | | A. lima (Hack.) Stapf | Africa | ? | Andropogon | | A. macrophyllus Stapf | West Africa | 40 | ? | | A. mannii Hook. f. | Africa | 14 | Andropogon | | A. patris Robyns | Africa | 20 | ? | | A. perligulatus Stapf | Africa | 20 | ? | | A. pinguipes Stapf | West Africa | ? | ? | | A. pratensis Hochst. | West Africa | ? | Andropogon | | A. pseudapricus Stapf | Africa | 20, 40 | Piestium | | A. pusillus Hook. f. | West Africa | ? | ? | | A. schinzii Hack. | Africa | 20, 40 | Piestium | | A. schirensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Africa | 20, 40 | Piestium | | A. tectorum Schumach. and Thonn. | West Africa | 20, 23, 30, 40 | Notosolen | | A. textilis Rendle | East Africa | ? | Piestium |
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