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Andropogon ligulatus (Andropogon ligulatus)

Description

Andropogon ligulatus is a grass species first described by Otto Stapf, and became known as Clayton. Andropogon ligulatus was included in the Andropogon genus and the Poaceae family. Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Andropogon