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Genus Bouteloua Lag.

Summary

Genus number:

1622

Last updated:

6 February 2017

Family:

Poaceae

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Boutelouinae

Common name(s):

grama, grama grass

Accession count:

7 (7 active, 5 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Comments:

conserved (nom. cons.) with this spelling (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.11 & App. III) against the original spelling "Botelua"

List of species records in GRIN

Synonyms

Synonym(s)

Atheropogon Muhl. ex Willd.
Bulbilis Raf. ex Kuntze
Eutriana Trin.
Polyodon Kunth
Aristidium (Endl.) Lindl.
Botelua Lag., orth. var.
Heterosteca Desv.
Nestlera Steud., nom. inval.
Pleiodon Rchb.
Triaena Kunth
Triathera Desv.
Triplathera (Endl.) Lindl.
Polyschistis C. Presl
Strombodurus Steud., nom. inval.
Actinochloa Roem. & Schult.
Antichloa Steud., nom. inval.
Erucaria Cerv.
Fourniera Scribn.
Calanthera Hook., nom. inval.
Lasiostega Benth., nom. inval.
Casiostega Galeotti, nom. inval.

Probable synonym(s)

Soderstromia C. V. Morton
Chondrosum Desv.
Buchloe Engelm.
Buchlomimus Reeder et al.
Cathestecum J. Presl
Cyclostachya Reeder & C. Reeder
Griffithsochloa G. J. Pierce
Opizia J. Presl
Pentarrhaphis Kunth
Pringleochloa Scribn.

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References:

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=1622. Accessed 20 July 2025.