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|accepted_name=Tragus
|accepted_authority=Haller
|publications=
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Tragus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tragus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 278
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> (2)5-65 cm, herbaceous, usually rooting at the lower nodes; nodes and internodes glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; sheaths open, usually shorter than the internodes, mostly glabrous but long-ciliate at the edges of the collar; ligules membranous, truncate, ciliate; blades usually flat, margins ciliate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, exceeding the upper leaves, narrow, cylindrical panicles; branches 0.5-5 mm, resembling burs, with 2-5 spikelets; disarticulation at the base of the branches. <b>Spikelets</b> crowded, attached individually to the branches, with 1 floret; proximal spikelet(s) bisexual, larger than the distal spikelet(s); terminal spikelets often sterile. <b>Glumes</b> unequal; lower glumes absent or minute, veinless, membranous; upper glumes usually exceeding the florets, 5-7-veined, with 5-7 longitudinal rows of straight or uncinate spinelike projections; lemmas 3-veined; paleas 2-veined, hyaline, membranous, x = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=Maine;Md.;N.J.;Mass.;N.Mex.;Tex.;N.Y.;Virgin Islands;Pa.;N.C.;Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);S.C.;Ariz.;Puerto Rico
|discussion=<p><i>Tragus</i> has seven species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere; four have been introduced into the Flora region. The genus is easily recognized by the spinelike projections on the upper glumes. The number of veins in the glume should be determined by examining the adaxial surface, where they appear as green lines.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=anton1981a
|text=Anton, A.M. 1981. The genus Tragus (Gramineae). Kew Bull. 36:55-61.
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Upper glumes with 5 longitudinal rows of spinelike projections, 5-veined.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Proximal internodes of the primary branches not longer than the second internode
|[[Tragus berteronianus|Tragus berteronianus]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Proximal internodes of the primary branches 2-3 (or more) times longer than the second internode
|[[Tragus australianus|Tragus australianus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Upper glumes with (5)6-7 longitudinal rows of spinelike projections, 7-veined.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Panicle branches with 2 (rarely 3) spikelets; proximal spikelets on the branches 3-3.5 mm long
|[[Tragus heptaneuron|Tragus heptaneuron]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Panicle branches with 3-5 (rarely 2) spikelets; proximal spikelets on the branches 3.8-6.6 mm long
|[[Tragus racemosus|Tragus racemosus]]
|}
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name=Tragus
|author=J.K. Wipff;
|authority=Haller
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Maine;Md.;N.J.;Mass.;N.Mex.;Tex.;N.Y.;Virgin Islands;Pa.;N.C.;Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);S.C.;Ariz.;Puerto Rico
|reference=anton1981a
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Tragus
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