Bothriochloa
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Bothriochloa
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| Bothriochloa anamitica (syn of B. bladhii) |
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Bothriochloa is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.[4] They are often called beardgrass or bluestem.[5][6]
The name is derived from the Greek words "bothrio" meaning "trench" and "chloa" meaning "blade of grass."[7]
The following species are recognised:[3]
- Bothriochloa alta (Hitchc.) Henrard – tall beardgrass – Americas from New Mexico to Argentina
- Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter– cane bluestem – USA (CO MO OK AZ CA NV UT TX NM FL SC), Mexico, El Salvador, South America (from Colombia to Paraguay)
- Bothriochloa biloba S.T.Blake – Queensland, New South Wales
- Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T.Blake – Asia (Yemen to Caucasus to Japan to Maluku), Australia, New Guinea, Africa, Madagascar
- Bothriochloa bunyensis B.K.Simon – Queensland
- Bothriochloa campii (Swallen) De Wet – Ecuador
- Bothriochloa compressa (Hook.f.) Henrard – India, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Bothriochloa decipiens (Hack.) C.E.Hubb. – Australia
- Bothriochloa edwardsiana (Gould) Parodi – Mexico, Texas, Argentina, Uruguay
- Bothriochloa ensiformis (Hook.f.) Henrard – India
- Bothriochloa erianthoides (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb. – Queensland, New South Wales
- Bothriochloa eurylemma M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Argentina (Entre Ríos, Chaco, Formosa, Tucumán, Salta)
- Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C.E.Hubb. – Australia, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Bothriochloa exaristata (Nash) Henrard – awnless beardgrass – southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, USA (TX LA)
- Bothriochloa grahamii (Haines) Bor – India
- Bothriochloa hirtifolia (J.Presl) Henrard – Mexico, Guatemala
- Bothriochloa hybrida (Gould) Gould – USA (TX LA), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
- Bothriochloa imperatoides (Lillo) Herter – Rio Grande do Sul, northern Argentina, Uruguay
- Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) A.Camus – sweetpitted grass – Africa, Madagascar, India, Arabian Peninsula, Spain, Sicily
- Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng – yellow bluestem – Eurasia + North Africa from Portugal + Canary Islands to Korea
- Bothriochloa kuntzeana (Hack.) Henrard – India, Nepal
- Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter – silver bluestem – Americas from Mexico to Chile
- Bothriochloa longifolia (Hack.) Bor – India
- Bothriochloa longipaniculata (Gould) Allred & Gould – longspike beardgrass – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Argentina (Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa, Misiones), Paraguay, Guatemala, Mexico, USA (TX LA MS)
- Bothriochloa macra (Steud.) S.T.Blake – red – leg grass, red grass, redleg or pitted beard grass – Australia
- Bothriochloa meridionalis M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Rio Grande do Sul
- Bothriochloa modesta (Backer) Backer & Henrard – Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus – pitted beardgrass – China, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, islands of Indian Ocean + western Pacific
- Bothriochloa pseudischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard – India, Sri Lanka
- Bothriochloa radicans (Lehm.) A.Camus – eastern + southern Africa, Arabian Peninsula
- Bothriochloa saccharoides Rydb. – Americas from Utah to Uruguay
- Bothriochloa springfieldii (Gould) Parodi – USA (CO AZ UT TX NM LA), Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina
- Bothriochloa torreyana (Steud.) Scrivanti & Anton – southern USA (from CA to SC), Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
- Bothriochloa velutina M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Paraná, Santa Catarina
- Bothriochloa woodrovii (Hook.f.) A.Camus – India
- Bothriochloa wrightii (Hack.) Henrard – Mexico, USA (TX NM AZ)
- formerly included[3]
see Capillipedium, Dichanthium, Euclasta, Hemisorghum and Pseudosorghum.
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References
- ↑ Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 762 description in Latin, commentary in German
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Bothriochloa Kuntze
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- ↑ Ellen Dorn, Native Plants of Arizona 2004, Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter
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