Enteropogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.Enteropogon. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1836. in Lindley, John, Introduction to the Natural System of Botany, 2nd edition page 448Tropicos, Enteropogon Nees Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 490 肠须草属 chang xu cao shu Enteropogon Nees in Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2. 448. 1836.Atlas of Living Australia, Enteropogon Nees, Windmill GrassesGrassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Enteropogon Enteropogon acicularis (Lindl.) Lazarides - curly windmill grass, large windmill grass, umbrella grass - Australia Enteropogon barbatus C.E.Hubb. - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya Enteropogon brandegeei (Vasey) Clayton - Baja California, Baja California Sur Enteropogon chlorideus (Presl) Clayton - buryseed umbrella grass, verdillo cacahuatoide - Arizona, Texas, Mesoamerica Enteropogon coimbatorensis K.K.N.Nair, S.K.Jain & M.P.Nayar - India Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng - Yemen, Oman, Afghanistan, Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Australia, Micronesia Enteropogon longiaristatus (Napper) Clayton - Tanzania Enteropogon macrostachyus Munro ex Benth. - bushrye - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West ProvinceSanbi Red List of South African Plants includes distribution map Enteropogon minutus Lazarides - northern Australia Enteropogon mollis (Nees) Clayton - Central America, West Indies, northern South America, Galápagos Enteropogon monostachyus Schum. - Somalia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar Enteropogon paucispiceus (Lazarides) B.K.Simon - Queensland Enteropogon prieurii (Kunth) Clayton - drier parts of Africa; Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India Enteropogon ramosus B.K.Simon - tussock umbrella grass - Australia Enteropogon rupestris (J.A.Schmidt) A.Chev. - drier parts of Africa Enteropogon seychellarum Benth. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Aldabra Enteropogon unispiceus (F.Muell.) Clayton - Taiwan, Queensland, New South Wales, Cook Islands
formerly included see Microchloa Enteropogon muticus - Microchloa altera
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