''Chondrosum'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
North American and
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
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 ...
'' and considered part of that genus in some publications.
[Tropicos, ''Chondrosum'' Desv.]
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; Species[Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps, genus ''Bouteloua'']
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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, <