Bothriochloa

Bothriochloa is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.[4] They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem.[5][6]

Bothriochloa
Bothriochloa pertusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Andropogoninae
Genus: Bothriochloa
Kuntze[1]
Type species
Bothriochloa anamitica
(syn of B. bladhii)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Amphilophis Nash
  • Dichanthium sect. Bothriochloa (Kuntze) Roberty

The etymology of the genus name Bothriochloa derives from the two ancient Greek words βοθρίον (bothríon), meaning "small pit or trench", and χλόη or χλόα (khlóa), meaning "new green shoot or blade of grass".[7][8][9]

Systematics

Species list

The following species are recognised:[3]

Former taxa

See Capillipedium, Dichanthium, Euclasta, Hemisorghum and Pseudosorghum.

The following taxa were formerly included in the genus:[3]

  • Bothriochloa assimilisCapillipedium assimile
  • Bothriochloa concanensisDichanthium concanense
  • Bothriochloa foulkesiiDichanthium foulkesii
  • Bothriochloa gracilisPseudosorghum fasciculare
  • Bothriochloa kwashotensisCapillipedium kwashotense
  • Bothriochloa parvifloraCapillipedium parviflorum
  • Bothriochloa pictaCapillipedium assimile
  • Bothriochloa piptantheraEuclasta condylotricha
  • Bothriochloa spicigeraCapillipedium spicigerum
  • Bothriochloa tuberculataDichanthium annulatum
  • Bothriochloa venustaHemisorghum venustum
  • Bothriochloa yunnanensisPseudosorghum fasciculare

See also

References

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