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Taxon:  Heteropogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Heteropogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Nomen number:
18954
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19:71. 1881
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon melanocarpus Elliott

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Reference(s)
  1. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:356. http://www.phytologia.org/
  2. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  5. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  6. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  7. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
  8. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
Common names
English
sweet tanglehead –
Transcribed Chinese
hei guo huang mao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native    throughout tropics
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexass.e.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabamas.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgias.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolinas.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoAguascalientes 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacan 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQueretaro 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizonas.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
Native

  • REGION:
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan]
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California, Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida, Georgia (s.), South Carolina (s.)]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.)]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Haiti
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
Economic Uses


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