Cathestecum

false grama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Genus: Cathestecum
J.Presl
Type species
Cathestecum prostratum
J.Presl

Cathestecum (common name false grama)[1] is a genus of the North American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

The name is sometimes misspelled as Cathestechum.[6]

Species[7][8][9][10][11]
  1. Cathestecum brevifolium Swallen - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States (Pima County in Arizona)
  2. Cathestecum erectum Vasey & Hack. - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States (Big Bend region in Texas, southern Arizona)
  3. Cathestecum prostratum J.Presl - Michoacán, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Puebla, Guerrero
  4. Cathestecum varium Swallen - Puebla, Oaxaca
formerly included[7]

see Bouteloua

References

  1. ↑ US Department of Agriculture plant profile
  2. ↑ Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 294-295 in Latin
  3. ↑ Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): plate XLII (42) line drawing of Cathestecum prostratum
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Cathestecum J. Presl
  5. ↑ Swallen, J. R. 1937. The grass genus Cathestecum. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 27(12): 495–501
  6. ↑ Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. Cathestechum J. Presl. 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. Version: 2nd April 2015.
  7. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Cathestecum
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ↑ Swallen, J. R. 1955. Gramineae. In: P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala—Part II. Fieldiana, Botany 24(2): i–ix, 1–390
  11. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
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