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Bouteloua is a genus of plants in the grass family.[1][2] Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.[3]

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists.[4][5] David Griffiths produced a 1912 monograph on the genus.[6]

Description

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The top of a hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta) flower spike, showing the flattened rachis

Bouteloua includes both annual and perennial grasses, which frequently form stolons.[6] Species have an inflorescence of 1 to 80 racemes or spikes positioned alternately on the culm (stem). The rachis (stem) of the spike is flattened. The spikelets are positioned along one side of the spike. Each spikelet contains one fertile floret, and usually one sterile floret.[7]

Distribution

Bouteloua is found only the Americas, with most diversity centered in the southwestern United States.[6] It also occurs in the Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve of Cuba.[8]

Uses

Many species are important livestock forage, especially blue grama.[6]

Species

Species of Bouteloua include:[9][3][10][11][12]

Formerly included

Some grass species, formerly classified under Bouteloua, have been reclassified under other genera including:[9]

See also

References

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External links

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  1. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1805. Variedades de Ciencias, Literatura y Artes 2(4,21): 134
  2. Шаблон:Cite web
  3. 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:ITIS
  4. Peterson, P. M. & Y. Herrera-Arrieta. 2001. Bouteloua. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 41: 20–33
  5. Gould, F. W. 1980. The genus Bouteloua (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 66(3): 348–416
  6. 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 Шаблон:Cite book
  7. Шаблон:EFloras
  8. Ciénaga de Zapata National Park, on whc.unesco.org.
  9. 9,0 9,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок x не указан текст
  10. Шаблон:Cite web
  11. Шаблон:BONAP
  12. Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. 1981. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico. Memoir San Diego Society of Natural History 12: 1–140