Bouteloua

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Bouteloua Lag.
POACEAE
GRAMMA
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Classification
POALES
Bouteloua
Citation
BOUTELOUA Lagasca y Segura, Varied. Ci. 2(4): 134. 1805 ('Boteloua'), corr. Lagasca y Segura, Gen. Sp. Pl. Nov. 5. 1816, orth. cons.
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TYPE: Bouteloua racemosa Lagasca y Segura
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Bouteloua curtipendula SIDEOATS GRAMMA Not Native
Bouteloua dimorpha ACAPULCOGRASS Not Native
Bouteloua hirsuta HAIRY GRAMMA Native
Identification Key
1.  Culms 1-15(30) cm long; leaf blades 1-10 cm long; spikelets 2.8-4 mm long, glabrous; florets unisexual
B. dimorpha
1.  Culms (8)10-80 cm long; leaf blades 1-30 cm long; spikelets 4-8 mm long, glabrous or pubescent; florets bisexual
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2.  Inflorescence branches (12)30-80, each disarticulating as a whole and with (1)2-7(15) spikelets
B. curtipendula
2.  Inflorescence branches 1-6, each with 20-50 spikelets, disarticulation above the glumes
B. hirsuta
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Actinochloa Actinochloa Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 22, 417. 1817. TYPE: = Chondrosum Desvaux 1810.
Aristidium Aristidium (Endlicher) Lindley, Veg. Kingd., ed. 2. 116. 1847. BASIONYM: Eutriana Trinius, sect. Aristidium Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 94. 1836. TYPE: Dinebra aristidoides Kunth
Atheropogon Atheropogon Muhlenberg ex Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 937. 1806 ("1805"). TYPE: Atheropogon apludoides Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
Bouteloua Bouteloua Hornemann ex Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 40. 1812, non Lagasca y Segura 1805. TYPE: Bouteloua melicoides Hornemann ex Palisot de Beauvois, nom. illegit. (Atheropogon apludoides Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) = Atheropogon Muhlenberg ex Willdenow 1806.
Buchloe Buchloe Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 432, pl. 12, 14. 1859, nom. cons. TYPE: Buchloe dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann (Sesleria dactyloides Nuttall)
Buchlomimus Buchlomimus Reeder et al., Brittonia 17: 29. 1965. TYPE: Buchlomimus nervatus (Swallen) Reeder et al. (Bouteloua nervata Swallen)
Cathestecum Cathestecum J. Presl, in C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 294, t. 42. 1830. TYPE: Cathestecum prostratum J. Presl
Chondrosum Chondrosum Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 188. 1810. TYPE: Chondrosum procumbens (Durand) Desvaux (Chloris procumbens Durand)
Cyclostachya Cyclostachya Reeder & C. Reeder, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 90: 195. 1963. TYPE: Cyclostachya stolonifera (Lamson-Scribner) Reeder & C. Reeder (Bouteloua stolonifera Lamson-Scribner)
Erucaria Erucaria Cervantes, Naturaleza (Mexico City) 1: 347. 1870, non Gaertner 1791. TYPE: Non designatus.
Eutriana Eutriana Trinius, Fund. Agrost. 161. 1820. TYPE: Eutriana curtipendula (Michaux) Trinius (Chloris curtipendula Michaux) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772: 193. 1920.
Fourniera Fourniera Lamson-Scribner, U.S.D.A. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4: 7. 1897, non Bommer ex E. Fournier 1873. TYPE: Fourniera mexicana Lamson-Scribner = Soderstromia C. V. Morton 1966.
Griffithsochloa Griffithsochloa G. J. Pierce, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 105: 134. 1978. TYPE: Griffithsochloa multifida (Griffiths) G. J. Pierce (Cathestecum multifidum Griffiths)
Heterosteca Heterosteca Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 188. 1810. TYPE: Heterosteca juncifolia Desvaux
Opizia Opizia J. Presl, in C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 293, t. 41(1-11). 1830. TYPE: Opizia stolonifera J. Presl
Opizia Opizia J. Presl, in C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 293, t. 41(1-11). 1830. TYPE: Opizia stolonifera J. Presl
Pentarrhaphis Pentarrhaphis Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 277, t. 60. 18 TYPE: Pentarrhaphis scabra Kunth
Polyodon Polyodon Kunth, in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 174. 1816. TYPE: Polyodon distichum Kunth
Polyschistis Polyschistis J. Presl, in C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 294, t. 41(12-18). 1830. TYPE: Polyschistis paupercula J. Presl
Pringleochloa Pringleochloa Lamson-Scribner, Bot. Gaz. 21: 137, pl. 13. 1896. TYPE: Pringleochloa stolonifera (E. Fournier) Lamson-Scribner (Atheropogon stolonifer E. Fournier)
Soderstromia Soderstromia C. V. Morton, Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 327. 1966. TYPE: Soderstromia mexicana (Lamson-Scribner) C. V. Morton (Fourniera mexicana Lamson-Scribner) Substitute name for Fourniera Lamson-Scribner 1897, non Bommer ex E. Fournier 1873.
Triaena Triaena Kunth, in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 178. 1816. TYPE: Triaena racemosa Kunth
Triathera Triathera Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 188. 1810. TYPE: Triathera americana (Linnaeus) Desvaux (Aristida americana Linnaeus)