Bouteloua is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the grass family,
PoaceaeThe Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
. Members of the genus are commonly known as
Grama. The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th century Spanish botanists.
Selected species
- Bouteloua alamosana Vasey
- Bouteloua americana (L.) Scribn. – American Grama
- Bouteloua annua Swallen
- Bouteloua aristidoides (Kunth) Griseb. – Needle Grama
- Bouteloua barbata Lag. – Sixweeks Grama
- Bouteloua barbata var. barbata
- Bouteloua barbata var. rothrockii (Vasey) Gould (=B. rothrockii)
- Bouteloua bracteata (McVaugh) Columbus
- Bouteloua breviseta Vasey – Gypsum Grama
- Bouteloua chasei Swallen
- Bouteloua chihuahuana (M.C. Johnst.) Columbus
- Bouteloua chondrosioides (Kunth) Benth. ex S.Watson – Sprucetop Grama
- Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. – Sideoats Grama
- Bouteloua curtipendula var. caespitosa Gould & Kapadia
- Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
- Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.
Thomas Nuttall was an English botanist and zoologist, who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841....
) Columbus – Buffalograss
- Bouteloua dimorpha Columbus
- Bouteloua disticha (Kunth) Benth.
- Bouteloua erecta (Vasey & Hack.) Columbus
- Bouteloua eriopoda (Torr.) Torr. – Black Grama
- Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Grama, Bouteloua gracilis, is a long-lived, warm season, C4 perennial grass native to North America. It is most commonly found from Alberta east to Manitoba and south across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Midwest states to Mexico...
(Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths – Blue Grama
- Bouteloua hirsuta
Bouteloua hirsuta, commonly known as Hairy grama, is a perennial short prairie grass that is native throughout much of North America, including the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies region, as well as Mexico and Guatemala.-Description:...
Lag. – Hairy Grama
- Bouteloua juncea (Desv. ex Beauv.) A.S.Hitchc. – Lamilla
- Bouteloua kayi Warnock – Kay's Grama
- Bouteloua megapotamica (Spreng.) Kuntze
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Bouteloua mexicana (Scribn.) Columbus
Bouteloua multifida (Griffiths) Columbus
Bouteloua nervata Swallen
Bouteloua parryi (E.Fourn.) Griffiths – Parry's Grama
Bouteloua pedicellata Swallen
Bouteloua polymorpha (E.Fourn.) Columbus
Bouteloua purpurea Gould & Kapadia
Bouteloua radicosa (E. Fourn.) Griffiths – Purple Grama
Bouteloua ramosa Scribn. ex Vasey – Slender Grama
Bouteloua repens (Kunth) Scribn. – Slender Grama
Bouteloua reederorum Columbus
Bouteloua reflexa Swallen
Bouteloua rigidiseta (Steud.) Hitchc. – Texas Grama
Bouteloua scabra (Kunth) Columbus
Bouteloua scorpioides Lag.
Bouteloua simplex Lag. – Mat Grama, Matted Grama
Bouteloua stolonifera Scribn.
Bouteloua swallenii Columbus
Bouteloua triaena (Trin. ex Spreng.) Scribn.
Bouteloua trifidaBouteloua trifida is a species of grass known by the common name Red Grama. It is native to central and northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States, where it grows in desert scrub and other dry areas....
Thurb. – Red Grama
Bouteloua uniflora Vasey – Nealley Grama, Oneflower Grama
Bouteloua vaneedenii Pilg.
Bouteloua varia (Swallen) Columbus
Bouteloua warnockii Gould & Kapadia – Warnock's Grama
Bouteloua williamsii Swallen |
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