Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

First published in Prelim. Cat.: 67 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico, Costa Rica to Guyana, Caribbean. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arizona, Bahamas, California, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Turks-Caicos Is., Utah, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Japan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Eakley, A.S. & al. (2020). Studies in the vascular flora of the Southeastern United States: VI. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 14: 199-239.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
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  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & Fonseca, R.M. (2017). Flora de Guerrero 75: 1-153. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prel. Cat. N.Y. 67 (1888).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.21829/abm126.2019.1379. epublication.
  • (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v17.i1.1293. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Treviranus [s.n.] United States K003910498 No
Hurter [s.n.] United States K003910457 No
Wright, C. [2099] United States K003910460 No
Campbell, C.S. [3996] United States K003910513 No
Campbell, C.S. [4262] Indonesia K003910484 No
Chealley, G. [s.n.] United States K003910451 No
Curtiss, A.H. [s.n.] United States K003910479 No
Grant, H.; Smith, D.B. [s.n.] United States K003910507 No
Curtiss, A.H. [6077] United States K003910477 No
Wright, C. [1555] Cuba K003910939 No
Gould, F.W. [7309] United States K003910454 No
Smart, H.P. [8] Belize K003910728 No
Campbell, C.S. [3875] United States K003910485 No
León, F. [389] Cuba K003910940 No
Curtiss, A.H. [3639d] United States K003910499 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003910497 No
Blake, S.F. [11425] United States K003910517 No
Sohns, E.R. [1446] Mexico K003910719 No
Goldman, D. [4038] United States K003910490 No
Lundell, C.L. [428] Belize K003910723 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003910510 No
s.coll. [1866] K003910488 No
Gould, F.W. [12641] Mexico K003910707 No
[S.M. Tray] [7734] K003910464 No
Hummel, C. [s.n.] Belize K003910722 No
Nicolas, F. [s.n.] Mexico K003910703 No
McVaugh, R. [14415] Mexico K003910711 No
Blodgett [s.n.] United States K003910472 No
Curtiss, A.H. [6078] United States K003910489 No
Imada, C. [2001-58] United States K003091862 No
Harris, W. [12545] Jamaica K003910949 No
Lewis, W.H.; Burch, D.; Dwyer, J.D.; Elias, T.S.; Escobar, N.; Oliver, R.L.; Robertson, K.R. [625] Panama K001470400 Yes
Liebmann [107] Mexico K003910717 No
Ravenel, H.W. [s.n.] K003910492 No
Contreras Jimenez, J.L. [6546] Mexico K003910701 No
Curtiss, A.H. [3639] United States K003910515 No
Groves Wood, A. [s.n.] Jamaica K003910943 No
Lundell, C.L.; Gentle, P. [4902] Mexico K003910709 No
Steyermark, J.A. [47475] Guatemala K003910734 No
Campbell, C.S. [3885] United States K003910487 No
Solano, D.; Santamaría, D.; Rodríguez, A. [3067] Costa Rica K001871684 Yes
Tate, R. [556(84)] Nicaragua K003910739 No
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grant, N.S.F. [10890] Costa Rica K003910736 No
Wright, C. [298] Cuba K003910938 No
Campbell, C.S. [4000] United States K003910493 No
Curtiss, A.H. [5337] United States K003910471 No
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K003910466 No
Celarier, R.P. [s.n.] United States K003910518 No
Salvin, O. [s.n.] Guatemala K003910729 No
Palmer, E. [251] Mexico K003910706 No
Pohl, R.W.; Pinette, R. [13298] Costa Rica K003910735 No
Liebmann [74] Mexico K003910715 No
Hummel, C. [s.n.] Belize K003910721 No
Arsene, F. [s.n.] Mexico K003910702 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003910449 No
Moldenke, H.N. [122] United States K003910514 No
Curtiss, A.H. [6079] United States K003910474 No
Smart, H.P. [8] Belize K003910720 No
Ratter, J.A.; Atkinson, R.; Bisset, H.A.; Bridgewater, S. [R6573] Belize K003910726 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003910502 No
Morton, C.V.; Acuna, J. [3133] Cuba K003910936 No
Crutchfield, J.; Johnston, M.C. [5687] Mexico K003910713 No
Wright, C. [1555] Cuba K003910937 No
Harris, W. [12465] Jamaica K003910951 No
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grant, N.S.F. [11433] Costa Rica K003910737 No
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Jamaica K003910945 No
Tharp, B.C.; Barkley, F.A. [13?006] United States K003910458 No
Schallert, P.O. [7326] United States K003910473 No
Campbell, C.S. [3768] United States K003910486 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003910509 No
Rose Innes, R. [RRI101] Belize K003910725 No
Arsene, F. [839] Mexico K003910710 No
Harris, W. [11399] Jamaica K003910952 No
Drummond [s.n.] United States K003910467 No
Godman [s.n.] Guatemala K003910733 No
Lorence, D.H.; Stone, A. [8384] United States K003091863 No
Campbell, C.S. [4185] United States K003910482 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003910465 No
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G.; Grant, N.S.F. [10794] Costa Rica K003910738 No
Rose Innes, R. [RRI63] Belize K003910727 No
Celarier, R.P. [s.n.] United States K003910495 No
Muller, F. [2033] Mexico K003910705 No
Boott, F. [s.n.] Jamaica K003910947 No
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H. [13887] United States K003910511 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K003910505 No
Campbell, C.S. [3731] United States K003910483 No
Ahles, H.E.; Bell, C.R. [20891] United States K003910494 No
Nicolas, F. [s.n.] Mexico K003910704 No
Palmer, E. [466] Mexico K003910716 No
Lindheimer, F. [317] United States K003910455 No
Curtiss, A.H. [3639] United States K003910475 No
Bush, B.F. [309] United States K003910456 No
Steyermark, J.A. [49328] Guatemala K003910732 No
Moldenke, H.N. [10239] United States K003910508 No
Campbell, C.S. [4198] United States K003910481 No
Fredholm, A. [6106] United States K003910500 No
Curtiss, A.H. [294] Cuba K003910933 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003910503 No
León, F. [s.n.] Cuba K003910932 No
Ekman, E.L. [6376] Cuba K003910935 No
Wilson [227] Jamaica K003910948 No
Bourgeau, E. [1666] Mexico K003910700 No
Harper, R.M. [651] United States K003910496 No
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K003910470 No
Harris, W. [12586] Jamaica K003910944 No
Curtiss, A.H. [3639b] United States K003910478 No
Weatherwax [223] Guatemala K003910731 No
Shafer, J.A. [2614] Cuba K003910941 No
Seaton, H.E. [111] Mexico K003910718 No
Spencer, M.F. [1693] United States K003910450 No
Fuertes, P.M. [1281] Dominican Republic K003910946 No
Lathrop, E.W. [5537] Costa Rica K003910714 No
Greenman, J.M. [375] United States K003910516 No
Swallen, J.R. [2745] Mexico K003910712 No
Harris, W. [12465] Jamaica K003910950 No
Palmer, E.J. [8865] United States K003910469 No
Campbell, C.S. [3980] United States K003910512 No
Curtiss, A.H. [3639b] United States K003910476 No
Ekman, E.L. [1503] Cuba K003910934 No
Barton, F.M. [3] Guatemala K003910730 No
s.coll. [491] United States K003910459 No
Deake [s.n.] United States K003910504 No
s.coll. [950] United States K003910506 No
Campbell, C.S. [[4117]] K003910480 No
Gould, F.W. [12652] Mexico K003910699 No
Gentle, P. [s.n.] Belize K003910724 No
Lewis, W.H.; Burch, D.; Dwyer, J.D.; Elias, T.S.; Escobar, N.; Oliver, R.L.; Robertson, K.R. [625], Panama K001470400 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Cuba Andropogon reinoldii K003910942 No

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