Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 81-82 descriptions in Latin, commentary in FrenchPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVI (16), figure XI (11) line drawings of Enneapogon desvauxii
They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 456 九顶草属 jiu ding cao shu Enneapogon Desvaux ex P. BeauvoisJepson Manual Treatment
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Enneapogon Enneapogon asperatus - Queensland Enneapogon avenaceus - bottle-washers - Australia Enneapogon caerulescens - Australia Enneapogon cenchroides - Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent Enneapogon cylindricus - jointed nineawn - Australia Enneapogon decipiens - Australia Enneapogon desvauxii - nineawn pappusgrass - Africa, temperate Asia, southwestern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina Enneapogon elegans - Burma, India Enneapogon eremophilus - Northern Territory, Queensland Enneapogon foxii - Israel Enneapogon gracilis - slender bottle-washers - Queensland, New South Wales Enneapogon intermedius - Australia Enneapogon lindleyanus - conetop nineawn - Australia Enneapogon nigricans - blackheads, niggerheads - Australia Enneapogon nigricans. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Enneapogon pallidus - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands Enneapogon persicus - Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Jammu-Kashmir, Pakistan, Central Asia, Spain, Egypt, Algeria, tropical Africa, Middle East Enneapogon polyphyllus - leafy nineawn - Australia Enneapogon pretoriensis - Botswana to Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Enneapogon purpurascens - Western Australia, Northern Territory Enneapogon robustissimus - Australia Enneapogon scaber - Saudi Arabia, drier parts of Africa Enneapogon scoparius - Yemen, Africa Enneapogon spathaceus - Limpopo Enneapogon truncatus - Queensland, New South Wales Enneapogon virens - Queensland, New South Wales
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