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Andropogon gayanus (bluestem)

Synonyms: Andropogon dewevrei; Andropogon gayanus var. aquamulatus; Andropogon ringoetii; Andropogon sorghum cordofanus; Sorghum gayanum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass, Rhodesian bluegrass, tambuki grass) is a species of grass native to most of the tropical and sub-tropical savannas of Africa.
View Wikipedia Record: Andropogon gayanus

Infraspecies

Andropogon gayanus var. bisquamulatus
Andropogon gayanus var. gayanus
Andropogon gayanus var. polycladus
Andropogon gayanus var. tridentatus

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Structure [2]  Grass

Predators

Pulvinaria elongata (cottony grass scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0