''Chondrosum'' is a

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of North American and

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n plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to ''

Bouteloua ''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass. Taxonomy and systematics The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths p ...

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Chondrosum barbatum ''Bouteloua barbata'' is a species of grass known by the common name six-weeks grama native to North America. Distribution It is native to North America, where it occurs in the southwestern United States and south to Oaxaca in southern Mexico. ...

'' (Lag.) Clayton - United States ( CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV MT), Mexico,

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Chondrosum brevisetum ''Bouteloua breviseta'' is a species of grass known by the common names gypsum grama and chino grama. Distribution It is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, in New Mexico and Texas in the United States and Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Pla ...

'' (Vasey) Clayton - United States ( NM TX), widespread in Mexico * ''

Chondrosum chasei ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to '' Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * '' Chondrosum barbatum'' (Lag.) ...

'' (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (

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, San Luis Potosí) * '' Chondrosum elatum'' (Reeder & C.Reeder) Clayton - Mexico (

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), Guatemala * ''

Chondrosum eriopodum ''Bouteloua eriopoda'', commonly known as black grama, is a perennial prairie grass that is native to the Southwestern United States. Its main means of reproduction is by stolons, as its ratio of viable seeds to sterile ones is naturally low. Th ...

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Chondrosum eriostachyum ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to ''Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * ''Chondrosum barbatum'' ( ...

'' (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (

) * ''

Chondrosum gracile ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to '' Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * '' Chondrosum barbatum'' (Lag.) ...

'' Kunth - widespread in Canada, United States, Mexico; naturalized in China,

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Chondrosum hirsutum ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to '' Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * '' Chondrosum barbatum'' (Lag.) ...

'' (Lag.) Sweet - widespread in United States + Mexico + Guatemala * ''

Chondrosum karwinskyi ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to ''Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * ''Chondrosum barbatum'' ( ...

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) * ''

Chondrosum kayi ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to ''Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * ''Chondrosum barbatum'' ( ...

'' (Warnock) Clayton - Big Bend region of

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Chondrosum parryi ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to '' Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * '' Chondrosum barbatum'' (Lag.) ...

'' E.Fourn. - United States ( AZ NM TX), Mexico (

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Chondrosum pectinatum ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to ''Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * ''Chondrosum barbatum'' ( ...

'' (Feath.) Clayton USA ( TX OK) * ''

Chondrosum scorpioides ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to '' Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * ''Chondrosum barbatum'' (Lag.) ...

'' (Lag.) Kunth - northern + central Mexico * ''

Chondrosum simplex ''Chondrosum'' is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family. ''Chondrosum'' is closely related to '' Bouteloua'' and considered part of that genus in some publications. ; Species * '' Chondrosum barbatum'' (Lag.) ...

'' (Lag.) Kunth - United States ( AZ NM TX NV UT CO KS NE WY),

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* '' Chondrosum trifidum'' (Thurb.) Clayton - United States ( CA AZ NM TX NV UT), northern Mexico ; formerly included species now considered better suited to other genera: ''

Chloris In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different char ...

'' * ''Chondrosum ciliatum -

Chloris radiata In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different char ...

'' * ''Chondrosum humboldtianum -

Bouteloua chondrosioides ''Bouteloua chondrosioides'', commonly known as sprucetop grama, is a perennial bunchgrass native to southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Description Sprucetop grama is a small drought tolerant bunchgrass that grows to around tall in the wi ...

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Chloridoideae Poaceae genera {{Chloridoideae-stub

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