Arthropogon

Arthropogon is a genus of plants in the family Poaceae. It is native to South America. It comprises 10 described species and of these, only 5 accepted.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck and published in Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 319. 1829. The type species is: Arthropogon villosus

Accepted species

The following is a list of the species of the genus Arthropogon accepted up to April 2014, arranged alphabetically. For each one, the binomial name followed by the author is indicated, abbreviated according to conventions and uses.

• Arthropogon filifolius Filg.
• Arthropogon piptostachyus (Griseb.) Pilg.
• Arthropogon scaber Pilg. & Kuhlm.
• Arthropogon villosus Nees
• Arthropogon xerachne Ekman