Taxon:  Heteropogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Heteropogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:
18954
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19:71.  1881
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon melanocarpus Elliott

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Spikelets and/or florets

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:356.
  3. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  4. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  6. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
  7. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  9. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishsweet tanglehead  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Transcribed Chinesehei guo huang mao  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1Native    throughout tropics 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosí McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexass.e.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabamas.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgias.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolinas.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoAguascalientes McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizonas.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Native

  • REGION:
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida, Georgia (s.), South Carolina (s.)]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.)]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja, Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Haiti
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina

Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  2. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  4. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  5. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  6. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18954. Accessed 15 April 2026.