Bouteloua
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Bouteloua | |
| Category | Grasses |
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| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| Class | Angiospermae |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Poaceae |
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- Form: Groundcover
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- Uses: Ornamental
About
Bouteloua is a Genus of the grass family, Poaceae.<ref>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. http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/boutelou.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.</ref> Members of the genus are commonly known as Grama.<ref name="ITIS">"Bouteloua Lag.". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=41491. Retrieved 2010-02-20.</ref> The generic name honors Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th century Spanish botanists.
Selected species
- Bouteloua aristidoides (Kunth) Griseb.
- Bouteloua barbata Lag. – Needle Grama
- Bouteloua breviseta Vasey – Gypsum Grama
- Bouteloua chondrosioides (Kunth) Benth. ex S.Watson – Sprucetop Grama
- Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. – Sideoats Grama
- Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus – Buffalograss
- Bouteloua dimorpha Columbus
- Bouteloua disticha (Kunth) Benth.
- Bouteloua erecta (Vasey & Hack.) Columbus
- Bouteloua eriopoda (Torr.) Torr. – Black Grama
- Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths – Blue Grama
- Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. – Hairy Grama
- Bouteloua juncea (Desv. ex Beauv.) A.S.Hitchc. – Lamilla
- Bouteloua megapotamica (Spreng.) Kuntze
- Bouteloua radicosa (E. Fourn.) Griffiths – Purple Grama
- Bouteloua ramosa Scribn. ex Vasey – Slender Grama
- Bouteloua repens (Kunth) Scribn. – Slender Grama
- Bouteloua rigidiseta (Steud.) Hitchc. – Texas Grama
- Bouteloua rothrockii Vasey – Rothrock's Grama
- Bouteloua simplex Lag. – Mat Grama, Matted Grama
- Bouteloua trifida Thurb. – Red Grama
- Bouteloua uniflora Vasey – Nealley Grama, Oneflower Grama
- Bouteloua warnockii Gould & Kapadia – Warnock's Grama<ref name="ITIS" /><ref name="GRINspecies">"Species Records of Bouteloua". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1622. Retrieved 2010-02-20.</ref>
