Chondrosum
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| Genus: | Chondrosum |
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| Chondrosum procumbens (P.Durand) Desv.
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Chondrosum is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family.[3][4]
Chondrosum is closely related to Bouteloua and considered part of that genus in some publications.[2]
- Chondrosum barbatum (Lag.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV MT), Mexico, Argentina
- Chondrosum brevisetum (Vasey) Clayton - United States (NM TX), widespread in Mexico
- Chondrosum chasei (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
- Chondrosum elatum (Reeder & C.Reeder) Clayton - Mexico (Colima, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit), Guatemala
- Chondrosum eriopodum Torr. - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV), Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
- Chondrosum eriostachyum (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila)
- Chondrosum gracile Kunth - widespread in Canada, United States, Mexico; naturalized in China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia
- Chondrosum hirsutum (Lag.) Sweet - widespread in United States + Mexico + Guatemala
- Chondrosum karwinskyi E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
- Chondrosum kayi (Warnock) Clayton - Big Bend region of Texas
- Chondrosum parryi E.Fourn. - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa)
- Chondrosum pectinatum (Feath.) Clayton USA (TX OK)
- Chondrosum scorpioides (Lag.) Kunth - northern + central Mexico
- Chondrosum simplex (Lag.) Kunth - United States (AZ NM TX NV UT CO KS NE WY), Mesoamerica, South America
- Chondrosum trifidum (Thurb.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX NV UT), northern Mexico
- formerly included[1]
species now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris
- Chondrosum ciliatum - Chloris radiata
- Chondrosum humboldtianum - Bouteloua chondrosioides
See also
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Tropicos, Chondrosum Desv.
- ^ Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 188
- ^ Clayton, W. D. 1982. Notes on subfamily Chloridoideae (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 37(3): 417–420
- ^ The Plant List search for Chondrosum
- ^ Pohl, R. W. 1994. 99. Chondrosum Desv. 6: 292–293. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps, genus Bouteloua