Bothriochloa
| Bothriochloa | |
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| Bothriochloa pertusa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | |
| Genus: | Bothriochloa Kuntze[1] |
| Type species | |
(syn of B. bladhii) | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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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, bluegrass or bluestem.[5][6]
The etymology of the genus name Bothriochloa derives from the two ancient Greek words βοθρίον (bothríon), meaning "small pit or trench", and χλόη or χλόα (khlóa), meaning "new green shoot or blade of grass".[7][8][9]
Systematics[]
Species list[]
The following species are recognised:[3]
- (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)
- 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
- B.K.Simon – Queensland
- Bothriochloa campii (Swallen) De Wet – Ecuador
- Bothriochloa compressa (Hook.f.) Henrard – India, Lesser Sunda Islands
- (Hack.) C.E.Hubb. – Australia
- (Gould) Parodi – Mexico, Texas, Argentina, Uruguay
- (Hook.f.) Henrard – India
- (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb. – Queensland, New South Wales
- M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Argentina (Entre Ríos, Chaco, Formosa, Tucumán, Salta)
- (Domin) C.E.Hubb. – Australia, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands
- (Nash) Henrard – awnless beardgrass – southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, USA (TX LA)
- (Haines) Bor – India
- (J.Presl) Henrard – Mexico, Guatemala
- (Gould) Gould – USA (TX LA), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
- (Lillo) Herter – Rio Grande do Sul, northern Argentina, Uruguay
- (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
- (Hack.) Henrard – India, Nepal
- Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter – silver bluestem – Americas from Mexico to Chile
- (Hack.) Bor – India
- (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
- M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Rio Grande do Sul
- (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
- (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard – India, Sri Lanka
- (Lehm.) A.Camus – eastern + southern Africa, Arabian Peninsula
- Bothriochloa saccharoides Rydb. – Americas from Utah to Uruguay
- (Gould) Parodi – USA (CO AZ UT TX NM LA), Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina
- (Steud.) Scrivanti & Anton – southern USA (from CA to SC), Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
- M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Paraná, Santa Catarina
- (Hook.f.) A.Camus – India
- (Hack.) Henrard – Mexico, USA (TX NM AZ)
Former taxa[]
See Capillipedium, Dichanthium, Euclasta, Hemisorghum and Pseudosorghum.
The following taxa were formerly included in the genus:[3]
- Bothriochloa assimilis –
- Bothriochloa concanensis –
- Bothriochloa foulkesii –
- Bothriochloa gracilis –
- Bothriochloa kwashotensis –
- Bothriochloa parviflora –
- Bothriochloa picta –
- Bothriochloa piptanthera –
- Bothriochloa spicigera – Capillipedium spicigerum
- Bothriochloa tuberculata – Dichanthium annulatum
- Bothriochloa venusta –
- Bothriochloa yunnanensis –
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 762 description in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ a b Tropicos, Bothriochloa Kuntze
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- ^ Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
- ^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ Ellen Dorn, Native Plants of Arizona 2004, Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter
Categories:
- Bothriochloa
- Poaceae genera