Andropogon

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Starr_031118-0122_Andropogon_virginicus.jpg

|image_caption = Andropogon virginicus

|display_parents = 4

|taxon = Andropogon

|authority = L.

|type_species = Andropogon distachyos

|type_species_authority = L.lectotype designated by Green, International Botanical Congress Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists: 155-195 (1929){{Tropicos}}

|synonyms_ref = {{WCSP|451073}}

|synonyms =

• Anatherum P.Beauv.
• Arthrostachys Desv.
• Dimeiostemon Raf.
• Eupogon Desv.
• Eriopodium Hochst.
• Euklastaxon Steud.
• Heterochloa Desv.
• Homoeatherum Nees
• Hypogynium Nees
• Leptopogon Roberty

}}

Andropogon (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as Southern Europe and various oceanic islands.{{cite web|url= http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/andropog.htm|title=Andropogon |access-date=2013-06-20 |last1=Watson |first1=L. |first2=M. J. |last2=Dallwitz |year=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}{{cite book |last=Linnaeus |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Linnaeus |date=1753 |title=Species Plantarum |volume=2 |pages=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359066 1045]–1047 |language=la}}{{PLANTS |symbol=ANDRO2 |taxon=Andropogon}}{{cite web |url=http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Andropogon |website=Altervista Flora Italiana |title=Genere Andropogon}}{{eFloras|2 |family=Poaceae |first1=Shou-liang |last1=Chen |first2=Sylvia M. |last2=Phillips}}

Over 100 species have been described.{{ThePlantList}}