Cymbopogon

Lemongrass
Cymbopogon citratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Andropogoninae
Genus:	Cymbopogon Spreng.[1]
Type species
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng.[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
Andropogon sect. Cymbopogon (Spreng.) Steud. Andropogon subg. Cymbopogon (Spreng.) Nees Gymnanthelia Andersson

Cymbopogon (lemongrass) is a tall perennial plant. Its common names include lemon grass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, citronella grass, and others. There are between 55 and 70 species, most of them grow in Asia.

1. ↑ Sprengel, Curt (Kurt, Curtius) Polycarp Joachim 1815. Plantarum Minus Cognitarum Pugillus 2: 14
2. ↑ lectotype designated by N.L. Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 1: 27 (1923)
3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. ↑ Tropicos, Cymbopogon Spreng.