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Heteropogon Pers.
tanglehead

       
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Photo of Heteropogon Pers.
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Heteropogon Pers.

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Distribution:
Heteropogon Pers.

 
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, NC, NM, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Heteropogon Pers.

View 342 genera in Poaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.. . Image Available.
Heteropogon contortus
tanglehead
Distribution of Heteropogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Elliott ex Benth.. . Image Available.
Heteropogon melanocarpus
sweet tanglehead
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Heteropogon Pers.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Heteropogon Pers. – tanglehead
 

More Accounts and Images:
Heteropogon Pers.

View species account from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41761.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 
 
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