Bothriochloa

Beardgrass or bluestem
Bothriochloa pertusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Bothriochloa
Type species
Bothriochloa anamitica
(syn of B. bladhii)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Amphilophis Nash
  • Dichanthium sect. Bothriochloa (Kuntze) Roberty

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]

formerly included[3]

see Capillipedium, Dichanthium, Euclasta, Hemisorghum and Pseudosorghum.

  • Bothriochloa assimilisCapillipedium assimile
  • Bothriochloa concanensisDichanthium concanense
  • Bothriochloa foulkesiiDichanthium foulkesii
  • Bothriochloa gracilisPseudosorghum fasciculare
  • Bothriochloa kwashotensisCapillipedium kwashotense
  • Bothriochloa parvifloraCapillipedium parviflorum
  • Bothriochloa pictaCapillipedium assimile
  • Bothriochloa piptantheraEuclasta condylotricha
  • Bothriochloa spicigeraCapillipedium spicigerum
  • Bothriochloa tuberculataDichanthium annulatum
  • Bothriochloa venustaHemisorghum venustum
  • Bothriochloa yunnanensisPseudosorghum fasciculare

See also

References

  1. Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 762 description in Latin, commentary in German
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Bothriochloa Kuntze
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.
  5. Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
  7. Ellen Dorn, Native Plants of Arizona 2004, Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter
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