Trachypogon

Trachypogon is a small genus of African and Latin American plants in the grass family.^[2][3][4] Crinkleawn grass is a common name for plants in this genus.^[5]

Species^[1][6]

• Trachypogon chevalieri (Stapf) Jacq.-Fél. – western and central Africa
• Trachypogon macroglossus Trin. – Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil
• Trachypogon spicatus (L.f.) Kuntze – Africa, Madagascar, South America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies, United States (AZ NM TX FL)^[7]
• Trachypogon vestitus Andersson – Central and South America from Honduras to Brazil

formerly included^[1]

Trachypogon
Trachypogon spicatus inflorescence
Trachypogon spicatus habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Saccharinae
Genus:	Trachypogon Nees
Synonyms[1]
Homopogon Stapf

see Bothriochloa Cymbopogon Heteropogon Hyparrhenia Sorghastrum Sorghum

• Trachypogon argenteus – Bothriochloa saccharoides
• Trachypogon avenaceus – Sorghum halepense
• Trachypogon hirtus – Hyparrhenia hirta
• Trachypogon laguroides – Bothriochloa laguroides
• Trachypogon minarum – Sorghastrum minarum
• Trachypogon pubescens – Hyparrhenia hirta
• Trachypogon rufus – Hyparrhenia rufa
• Trachypogon scaberrimus – Sorghastrum scaberrimus
• Trachypogon schoenanthus – Cymbopogon schoenanthus
• Trachypogon scrobiculatus – Heteropogon melanocarpus
• Trachypogon stipoides – Sorghastrum stipoides