Diheteropogon

Diheteropogon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Diheteropogon
Species: D. amplectens – D. filifolius – D. hagerupii – D. microterus

Name

Diheteropogon Stapf, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 31: t. 3093 (1922).

• Type species: Diheteropogon filifolius (Nees) Clayton, Kew Bull. 20: 75 (1966)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Tropical & S. Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. 1922. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 31: t. 3093.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Diheteropogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct 07. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Diheteropogon. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Diheteropogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Diheteropogon. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013. Reference page.

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