title: Gymnopogon
text: # Gymnopogon
  
  Gymnopogon (skeletongrass) is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - southeastern + south-central United States (NM to NJ); Hispaniola
  * Gymnopogon aristiglumis Hitchc. - El Salvador
  * Gymnopogon brevifolius Trin. - southeastern + south-central USA (TX to NJ)
  * Gymnopogon burchellii (Munro ex Döll) Ekman - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  * Gymnopogon chapmanianus Hitchc. - Georgia, Florida
  * Gymnopogon delicatulus (C.B.Clarke) Bor - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  * Gymnopogon doellii Boechat & Valls - Brazil
  * Gymnopogon fastigiatus Nees - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia
  * Gymnopogon foliosus (Willd.) Nees - Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Brazil
  * Gymnopogon glaber Caro - Argentina
  * Gymnopogon grandiflorus Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru
  * Gymnopogon legrandii Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
  * Gymnopogon spicatus (Spreng.) Kuntze - from Veracruz to Uruguay including Trinidad
  * Gymnopogon toldensis Sulekic & Rúgolo - Argentina
  
  ## formerly included
  
  now regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon
  
  