Bouteloua
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Bouteloua is a genus of the grass family, Poaceae. It includes blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis). Bouteloua derives its name from Claudio Boutelou, a Spaniard who wrote about agriculture.
Species within the genus Bouteloua include:
- B. aristidoides var. aristidoides (Needle gramma)
- B. barbata var. barbata (Six-week gramma)
- B. curtipendula (side oats grama)
- B. eriopoda (black grama)
- B. gracilis (blue grama)
- B. hirsuta
- B. pectinata (tall grama, "eyebrow grass")
- B. rothrockii
- B. warnockii