Gymnopogon

Gymnopogon
Common name: Bearded skeletongrass

Photographed at the Camp Robinson Special Use Area Wildlife Management Area, Faulkner County, Arkansas

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Hubbardochloinae
Genus: Gymnopogon
P. Beauv. 1812
Type species
Andropogon ambiguus
Synonyms
  • Alloiatheros Raf.
  • Anthopogon Nutt.
  • Biatherium Desv.
  • Doellochloa Kuntze
  • Monochaete Döll

Gymnopogon (skeletongrass) is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.

Species
formerly included

now regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon