Biology:Bothriochloa

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Bothriochloa
Bothriochloa pertusa habit.jpg
Bothriochloa pertusa
Scientific classification e
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)
Kuntze[2]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Amphilophis Nash
  • Dichanthium sect. Bothriochloa (Kuntze) Roberty

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. Some species are invasive in areas where they have been introduced.[5][6]

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]

An specimens of Bothriochloa from Gooty Fort Hill, Andhra Pradesh, India was collected in December 2019 and identified as Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C. E. Hubb. based on literature study and international correspondence with experts from Australia, Indonesia and Americas.[10] This study adds an extended and disjunct distribution of a Far Eastern species in Asia from India.[10]

Systematics

Species list

The following species are recognised:[3]

  • Bothriochloa alta (Hitchc.) Henrard – tall beardgrass – Americas from New Mexico to Argentina
  • Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter– cane bluestem – USA (CO MO OK AZ California NV UT Texas NM FL SC), Mexico, El Salvador, South America (from Colombia to Paraguay)
  • Bothriochloa biloba S.T.Blake – Queensland, New South Wales
  • Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T.Blake – Asia (Yemen to Caucasus to Japan to Maluku), Australia , New Guinea, Africa, Madagascar
  • Bothriochloa bunyensis B.K.Simon – Queensland
  • Bothriochloa campii (Swallen) De Wet – Ecuador
  • Bothriochloa compressa (Hook.f.) HenrardIndia , Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Bothriochloa decipiens (Hack.) C.E.Hubb.Australia
  • Bothriochloa edwardsiana (Gould) Parodi – Mexico, Texas , Argentina , Uruguay
  • Bothriochloa ensiformis (Hook.f.) HenrardIndia
  • Bothriochloa erianthoides (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb. – Queensland, New South Wales
  • Bothriochloa eurylemma M.Marchi & Longhi – WagnerBrazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Argentina (Entre Ríos, Chaco, Formosa, Tucumán, Salta)
  • Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C.E.Hubb.Australia , Philippines , Lesser Sunda Islands, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Bothriochloa exaristata (Nash) Henrard – awnless beardgrass – southern Brazil , northern Argentina , Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, USA (Texas LA)
  • Bothriochloa grahamii (Haines) BorIndia
  • Bothriochloa hirtifolia (J.Presl) Henrard – Mexico, Guatemala
  • Bothriochloa hybrida (Gould) Gould – USA (Texas LA), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
  • Bothriochloa imperatoides (Lillo) Herter – Rio Grande do Sul, northern Argentina , Uruguay
  • Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) A.Camus – sweetpitted grass – Africa, Madagascar , India , Arabian Peninsula, Spain , Sicily
  • Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng – yellow bluestem – Eurasia + North Africa from Portugal + Canary Islands to Korea
  • Bothriochloa kuntzeana (Hack.) HenrardIndia , Nepal
  • Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter – silver bluestem – Americas from Mexico to Chile
  • Bothriochloa longifolia (Hack.) BorIndia
  • Bothriochloa longipaniculata (Gould) Allred & Gould – longspike beardgrass – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Argentina (Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa, Misiones), Paraguay, Guatemala, Mexico, USA (Texas LA MS)
  • Bothriochloa macra (Steud.) S.T.Blake – red – leg grass, red grass, redleg or pitted beard grass – Australia
  • Bothriochloa meridionalis M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Bothriochloa modesta (Backer) Backer & Henrard – Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus – pitted beardgrass – China , India , Southeast Asia, Australia , islands of Indian Ocean + western Pacific
  • Bothriochloa pseudischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) HenrardIndia , Sri Lanka
  • Bothriochloa radicans (Lehm.) A.Camus – eastern + southern Africa, Arabian Peninsula
  • Bothriochloa saccharoides Rydb. – Americas from Utah to Uruguay
  • Bothriochloa springfieldii (Gould) Parodi – USA (CO AZ UT Texas NM LA), Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina
  • Bothriochloa torreyana (Steud.) Scrivanti & Anton – southern USA (from California to SC), Mexico, Central America, Brazil , Argentina , Uruguay
  • Bothriochloa velutina M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner – Paraná, Santa Catarina
  • Bothriochloa woodrovii (Hook.f.) A.CamusIndia
  • Bothriochloa wrightii (Hack.) Henrard – Mexico, USA (Texas NM AZ)

Former taxa

See Capillipedium, Dichanthium, Euclasta, Hemisorghum and Pseudosorghum.

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


See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2023663 entry