Tripogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species

Species include: • Tripogon africanus - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, Oman, Saudi Arabia • Tripogon anantaswamianus - India • Tripogon borii - Tamil Nadu • Tripogon bromoides - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar • Tripogon capillatus - Oman, India, Myanmar • Tripogon chinensis - China, Mongolia, Siberia, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines • Tripogon copei - Tamil Nadu • Tripogon curvatus - Kenya • Tripogon debilis - Sichuan • Tripogon ekmanii - Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina • Tripogon filiformis - China, Indian Subcontinent, southeast Asia • Tripogon humilis - Tibet • Tripogon jacquemontii - India • Tripogon larsenii - Thailand • Tripogon leptophyllus - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Oman • Tripogon liouae - Tibet • Tripogon lisboae - India • Tripogon loliiformis - New Guinea, Australia • Tripogon longiaristatus - China, Japan, Korea • Tripogon major - Africa • Tripogon minimus - Africa incl Madagascar + Cape Verde • Tripogon modestus - Angola, Malawi • Tripogon montanus - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Yemen • Tripogon multiflorus - Cape Verde, Niger, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan • Tripogon narayanae - India • Tripogon nicorae - Bolivia, Argentina, Chile • Tripogon oliganthos - Yemen • Tripogon polyanthus - India • Tripogon pungens - India • Tripogon purpurascens - southern Asia from Yemen to Xinjiang to Thailand • Tripogon ravianus - Tamil Nadu • Tripogon rupestris - Yunnan, Nepal, Tibet • Tripogon siamensis - Thailand • Tripogon sichuanicus - Sichuan • Tripogon sivarajanii - Kerala • Tripogon spicatus - from Texas to Uruguay • Tripogon subtilissimus - Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman • Tripogon thorelii - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam • Tripogon trifidus - Himalayas, Yunnan, northern Indochina • Tripogon vellarianus - Kerala • Tripogon velliangiriensis - Tamil Nadu • Tripogon wardii - Sri Lanka, Myanmar • Tripogon wightii - India • Tripogon yunnanensis - Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet • Tripogon malabaricus - Kerala • Tripogon idukkianus - Kerala • Tripogon bimucronatus - Kerala • Tripogon munnarensis - Kerala • Tripogon karnatakensis - Karnataka • Tripogon uma-ganeshii - Andhra Pradesh Formerly included: see Indopoa Oropetium