{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{speciesbox |name = Himalayan theropogon |image = Theropogon pallidus Curtis.jpg |image_caption = Botanical drawing of ''Theropogon pallidus'', 1875 |display_parents = 2 |genus = Theropogon |parent_authority = Maxim. |species = pallidus |authority = (Wall. ex Kunth) Maxim. |synonyms_ref = <ref name="yakmimlk"/> |synonyms = *''Ophiopogon pallidus'' <small>Wall. ex Kunth</small> *''Ophiopogon minor'' <small>Royle</small>, without description *''Ophiopogon mollis'' <small>Royle</small>, without description }}
'''''Theropogon''''' is a genus of plants in the Convallarioideae. It contains only one known species, '''''Theropogon pallidus''''', native to Tibet, Yunnan, and the Himalayas (northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar).<ref name="yakmimlk">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=290347 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027970 Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 234, <big>夏须草</big> xia xu cao, ''Theropogon pallidus'' ]</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Theropogon.html Flowers of India, Himalayan Theropogon ]
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Category:Convallarioideae Category:Monotypic Asparagaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Karl Maximovich
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