Bothriochloa

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Bothriochloa
Bothriochloa pertusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Bothriochloa
Kuntze

Bothriochloa is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.[1] There are about 70 species found in tropical to warm temperate areas worldwide. They are often called beardgrass or bluestem.

The etymology is the Greek bothrio meaning trench and chloa meaning blade of grass.[2]

Species

  • Bothriochloa alta – tall beardgrass
  • Bothriochloa ambigua
  • Bothriochloa anamitica Kuntze
  • Bothriochloa assimilis (Steud.) Ohwi
  • Bothriochloa barbinodis – cane bluestem
  • Bothriochloa biloba S.T.Blake
  • Bothriochloa bladhii – Caucasian bluestem
  • Bothriochloa brasiliensis (Hack.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa bunyensis
  • Bothriochloa campii
  • Bothriochloa caucasica (Trin.) C.E.Hubb.
  • Bothriochloa compressa (Hook.f.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa decipiens (Hack.) C.E.Hubb.
  • Bothriochloa edwardsiana – Edwards plateau
  • Bothriochloa emersa (E.Fourn.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa ensiformis (Hook.f.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa erianthoides (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb.
  • Bothriochloa eurylemma M.Marchi & Longhi-Wagner
  • Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C.E.Hubb.
  • Bothriochloa exaristata – awnless beardgrass
  • Bothriochloa foulkesii (Hook.f.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa glabra (Roxb.) A.Camus
  • Bothriochloa gracilis W.Z.Fang
  • Bothriochloa grahamii (Haines) Bor
  • Bothriochloa haenkei (Presl) Ohwi
  • Bothriochloa hassleri (Hack.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa hirtifolia (J.Presl) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa hybrida – hybrid beardgrass
  • Bothriochloa imperatoides (Lillo) Herter
  • Bothriochloa insculpta – sweetpitted grass
  • Bothriochloa intermedia (R.Br.) A.Camus
  • Bothriochloa inundata (F.Muell.) J.M.Black
  • Bothriochloa ischaemum – yellow bluestem
  • Bothriochloa jainii Deshpande & Hemadri
  • Bothriochloa kuntzeana
  • Bothriochloa kwashotensis (Hayata) Ohwi
  • Bothriochloa laguroides – silver bluestem
  • Bothriochloa leucopogon (Nees) Pilg.
  • Bothriochloa longifolia (Hack.) Bor
  • Bothriochloa longipaniculata – longspike beardgrass
  • Bothriochloa macra (Steud.) S.T.Blake
  • Bothriochloa meridionalis M.Marchi & Longhi-Wagner
  • Bothriochloa modesta (Backer) Backer & Henrard
  • Bothriochloa nana W.Z.Fang
  • Bothriochloa odorata (Lisboa) A.Camus
  • Bothriochloa oryzetorum (Hack.) Bor
  • Bothriochloa palmeri (Hack.) Pilg.
  • Bothriochloa panormitana (Parl.) Brullo
  • Bothriochloa parameswaranii Sreek., Malathi & V.J.Nair
  • Bothriochloa parviflora (R.Br.) Ohwi
  • Bothriochloa perforata (Trin. ex Fourn.) Herter
  • Bothriochloa pertusa – pitted beardgrass
  • Bothriochloa picta Ohwi
  • Bothriochloa piptanthera (Hack.) Gould
  • Bothriochloa pseudischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa punctata (Roxb.) L.Liu
  • Bothriochloa radicans
  • Bothriochloa reevesii (Gould) Gould
  • Bothriochloa saccharoides Rydb.
  • Bothriochloa schlumbergeri (E.Fourn.) Henrard
  • Bothriochloa spicigera (Benth.) Koyama
  • Bothriochloa springfieldii – Springfield bluestem
  • Bothriochloa taiwanensis Ohwi
  • Bothriochloa tuberculata W.Z.Fang
  • Bothriochloa velutina M.Marchi & Longhi-Wagner
  • Bothriochloa venusta (Thwaites) A.Camus
  • Bothriochloa woodrovii (Hook.f.) A.Camus
  • Bothriochloa wrightii – Wright's beardgrass
  • Bothriochloa yunnanensis W.Z.Fang

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~plants-c/bio414/species%20pages/Bothriochloa%20barbinodis.htm

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