Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf., 1798

Common names

🇬🇧 Annual Beard-grass
🇫🇷 Polypogon de Montpellier

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Agrostidinae
Genus: Polypogon
Species: Polypogon monspeliensis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. monspeliensis var. indicus Bhattacharya & S.K.Jain, 1985;
P. monspeliensis var. monspeliensis (L.) Desf., 1798, P.

Hybridizes with P. viridis (Gouan) Breistr., 1966 to produce P. × adscendens Guss., 1836, P.

Photographs

img/polypogon-monspeliensis.webp — Polypogon monspeliensis

Sources

Akhani, H. (2014). Polypogon monspeliensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164232A42575192.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 275). Biotope.