Tripogon
| Tripogon | |
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| Tripogon fibrosissimus growing on wet moss associated with Quartzite rocks in Gandikota Hills, Andhra Pradesh, South India. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Tripogoninae |
| Genus: | Tripogon Roem. & Schult. |
| Type species | |
| Tripogon bromoides Roth.
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| Synonyms | |
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Tripogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Recently, a new species Tripogon fibrosissimus Landge & Manoj Chandran was described from Gandikota Hills, a botanically under explored locality in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, South India. The species is characterised by having 2-flowered spikelets and shares morphological similarities with two Afro-Arabian congeners viz., T. africanus (Coss. & Durieu) H. Scholz. & P. Konig and T. oliganthos Cope. It shares striking resemblance with Oropetium roxburghianum (Schult.) S.M. Phillips.