Aegopogon is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1806. Caroli a Linné Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Editio quarta 4(2): 899. in LatinTropicos, Aegopogon Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
