page_title: Andropogon
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Andropogon / Species
caption_attribution_description: Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth - POACEAE - Jardim Botânico de Brasília - Brasília - Distrito Federal - Brasil.
context_page_description: Andropogon 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.
  There are over 100 species.
context_section_description:   
  Andropogon abyssinicus
  Andropogon aciculatus
  Andropogon aequatoriensis
  Andropogon amboinicus
  Andropogon amethystinus
  Andropogon appendiculatus
  Andropogon arctatus
  Andropogon benthamianus
  Andropogon bentii
  Andropogon bicornis
  Andropogon brachystachyus
  Andropogon campestris
  Andropogon campii
  Andropogon canaliculatus
  Andropogon capillipes
  Andropogon chinensis
  Andropogon chrysostachyus
  Andropogon consanguineus
  Andropogon cordatus
  Andropogon distachyos
  Andropogon eucomus
  Andropogon fastigiatus
  Andropogon floridanus
  Andropogon fragilis
  Andropogon gabonensis
  Andropogon gayanus – gamba grass, Tambuki grass
  Andropogon gerardi – big bluestem
  Andropogon glaucopsis
  Andropogon glomeratus – bushy bluestem
  Andropogon gracilis
  Andropogon gyrans
  Andropogon hallii
  Andropogon huillensis
  Andropogon ingratus
  Andropogon inermis
  Andropogon kelleri
  Andropogon lanuginosus
  Andropogon lateralis
  Andropogon lawsonii
  Andropogon leucostachyus
  Andropogon liebmannii
  Andropogon lividus
  Andropogon longiberbis
  Andropogon minarum
  Andropogon mohrii
  Andropogon murinus
  Andropogon paniculatus
  Andropogon pseudapricus
  Andropogon pumilus
  Andropogon scabriglumis
  Andropogon schirensis
  Andropogon schottii
  Andropogon selloanus
  Andropogon shimadae
  Andropogon tectorum
  Andropogon tenuiberbis
  Andropogon ternarius – split bluestem
  Andropogon ternatus
  Andropogon thorelii
  Andropogon tracyi
  Andropogon virgatus
  Andropogon virginicus – broomsedge bluestem, whiskeygrass
  Andropogon yunnanensis
  Many species once included in Andropogon are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Agenium,  Anadelphia,  Apluda,  Arthraxon,  Bothriochloa,  Capeochloa,  Capillipedium,  Chrysopogon,  Cymbopogon,  Dichanthium,  Diheteropogon,  Elionurus,  Elymandra,  Eragrostis,  Eulalia,  Garnotia,  Gymnopogon,  Hemarthria,  Heteropogon,  Hyparrhenia,  Hyperthelia,  Ischaemum,  Parahyparrhenia,  Pentameris,  Polytrias,  Pseudopogonatherum,  Pseudosorghum,  Saccharum,  Schizachyrium,  Sorghastrum,  Sorghum,  Spodiopogon,  Themeda,  Trachypogon.
caption: Andropogon leucostachyus
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