Heteropogon contortus
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Heteropogon
- Species
- Heteropogon contortus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1817
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Heteropogon contortus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
49 synonyms in this snapshot
- Andropogon allioniiName author: DC.
- Andropogon austrocaledonicusName author: Vieill.
- Andropogon bellardiiName author: Bubani
- Andropogon besukiensisName author: Steud.
- Andropogon contortumName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Andropogon contortusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Andropogon contortus subvar. hispidissimusName author: Hack.
- Andropogon contortus subvar. roxburghiiName author: (Arn. ex Nees) Hack.
- Andropogon contortus subvar. secundusName author: Hack.
- Andropogon contortus var. breviaristatusName author: Sennen
- Andropogon contortus var. contortusName author: Not supplied
- Andropogon contortus var. glaberName author: (Hack.) Hack.
- Andropogon contortus var. macroglumisName author: Pilg.
- Andropogon contortus var. maroccanusName author: Maire
- Andropogon firmusName author: (J.Presl) Kunth
- Andropogon glaberName author: Raspail
- Andropogon hispidissimusName author: Steud.
- Andropogon hohenackeriName author: Hochst. ex Steud.
- Andropogon messanensisName author: Biv. ex Parl.
- Andropogon polystachyosName author: Roxb.
- Andropogon secundusName author: Griseb.
- Heteropogon allioniiName author: Roem. & Schult.
- Heteropogon allionii var. messanensisName author: (Guss.) Lojac.
- Heteropogon allionii var. secundusName author: (Hack.) Fiori
- Heteropogon besukiensisName author: (Steud.) Miq.
- Heteropogon contortus subvar. secundusName author: (Hack.) Domin
- Heteropogon contortus var. allioniiName author: (Roem. & Schult.) Cuénod
- Heteropogon contortus var. contortusName author: Not supplied
- Heteropogon contortus var. distichusName author: C.E.C.Fisch.
- Heteropogon contortus var. glaberName author: Hack.
- Heteropogon contortus var. hirtusName author: (Pers.) Fenzl ex Hack.
- Heteropogon contortus var. hispidissimusName author: (Hack.) M.R.Almeida
- Heteropogon contortus var. polystachyosName author: (Roxb.) Deshp.
- Heteropogon fertilisName author: B.S.Sun & S.Wang
- Heteropogon firmusName author: J.Presl
- Heteropogon fischerianusName author: Bor
- Heteropogon glaberName author: Pers.
- Heteropogon glaber var. messanensisName author: (Guss.) Nyman
- Heteropogon hirsutusName author: P.Beauv.
- Heteropogon hirtusName author: Pers.
- Heteropogon hirtus var. glaberName author: (Pers.) Rendle
- Heteropogon hispidissimusName author: Hochst. ex Steud.
- Heteropogon hohenackeriName author: Hochst. ex Miq.
- Heteropogon messanensisName author: Guss.
- Heteropogon polystachyosName author: (Roxb.) Schult.
- Heteropogon roxburghiiName author: Arn. ex Nees
- Holcus contortusName author: (L.) Stuck.
- Holcus contortus var. secundusName author: Hack. ex Stuck.
- Sorghum contortumName author: (L.) Kuntze
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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