''Bouteloua'' is a

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of 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 ...

. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus was named for

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and

Esteban Boutelou Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend ...

, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths produced a 1912 monograph on the genus.

Description

''Bouteloua'' includes both annual and perennial grasses, which frequently form

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. Species have an

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of 1 to 80

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s or

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positioned alternately on the culm (stem). The

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(stem) of the spike is flattened. The

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s are positioned along one side of the spike. Each spikelet contains one fertile

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, and usually one sterile floret.

Distribution

''Bouteloua'' is found only the Americas, with most diversity centered in the southwestern United States.

Uses

Many species are important livestock

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blue grama ''Bouteloua gracilis'', the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season ( C4) perennial grass, native to North America. It is most commonly found from Alberta, Canada, east to Manitoba and south across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and U.S. ...

Species

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Bouteloua alamosana ''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 ...

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Bouteloua americana ''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 ...

'' (L.) Scribn. – American grama – southern Mexico,

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, northern

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Bouteloua annua ''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 ...

'' Swallen –

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Bouteloua aristidoides ''Bouteloua aristidoides'', the needle grama, is an annual desert grass (Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal gra ...

'' (Kunth) Griseb. – needle grama – United States (

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Bouteloua barbata ''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. – six-weeks grama – United States, Mexico * ''

Bouteloua bracteata ''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 ...

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Bouteloua breviseta ''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 – United States, Mexico * ''

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 ...

'' (Kunth) Benth. ex S.Watson – sprucetop grama – United States ( AZ TX); Mesoamerica * ''

Bouteloua curtipendula ''Bouteloua curtipendula'', commonly known as sideoats grama, is a perennial, short prairie grass that is native throughout the temperate and tropical Western Hemisphere, from Canada south to Argentina. The species epithet comes from Latin ...

'' (Michx.) Torr. – sideoats grama – widespread in USA, Canada, Mexico * ''

Bouteloua dactyloides ''Bouteloua dactyloides'', commonly known as buffalograss or a buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a shortgrass found mainly on the High Plains and is co-dominant with blue gram ...

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Bouteloua dimorpha ''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 ...

'' Columbus – Great Plains in USA, Canada, Mexico, Honduras,

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Bouteloua distans ''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 ...

'' Swallen – Mexico * ''

Bouteloua disticha ''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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Bouteloua eludens ''Bouteloua eludens'', colloquially known as Santa Rita grama or sometimes Santa Rita Mountain grama, is a grass species in the Bouteloua, grama genus native to southern Arizona in the United States and northern Sonora in Mexico. Description San ...

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Bouteloua eriopoda ''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. The ...

'' (Torr.) Torr. – United States, Mexico * ''

Bouteloua gracilis ''Bouteloua gracilis'', the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season ( C4) perennial grass, native to North America. It is most commonly found from Alberta, Canada, east to Manitoba and south across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and U.S. M ...

'' (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths – blue grama – Great Plains in USA, Canada, Mexico * ''

Bouteloua hirsuta ''Bouteloua hirsuta'', commonly known as hairy grama, is a perennial short prairie grass that is native throughout much of North America, including the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies region, as well as Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: Méxic ...

'' Lag. – USA (Great Plains, Southwest), Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Bouteloua johnstonii ''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 ...

'' Swallen – Coahuila * ''

Bouteloua juncea ''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 ...

'' (Desv. ex Beauv.) A.S.Hitchc. – lamilla – Cuba,

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Bouteloua media ''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 ...

'' (E.Fourn.) Gould & Kapadia – from central Mexico to

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Bouteloua megapotamica ''Bouteloua megapotamica'' is a species of grass in the genus ''Bouteloua'', family Poaceae. It has a disjunct distribution in Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( ...

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Bouteloua mexicana ''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 ...

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Bouteloua multifida ''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 ...

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Bouteloua nervata ''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 ...

'' Swallen –

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Bouteloua parryi ''Bouteloua parryi'', colloquially known as Parry's grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Description Parry's grama is annual grass that grows tall, although sometimes to ...

(E. Fourn.) Griffiths – Parry's Grama, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Mexico * ''

Bouteloua pectinata ''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 ...

'' (''Bouteloua hirsuta'' var. ''pectinata'') – tall grama, eyebrow grass – Texas * ''

Bouteloua pedicellata ''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 ...

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Bouteloua polymorpha ''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 ...

'' (E.Fourn.) Columbus – from Durango to Oaxaca * ''

Bouteloua purpurea ''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 ...

'' Gould & Kapadia – Guanajuato, D.F., San Luis Potosí, México State, Hidalgo,

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Bouteloua radicosa ''Bouteloua radicosa'', colloquially known as purple grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Description Purple grama is a perennial grass that grows to tall, with a dense r ...

'' (E. Fourn.) Griffiths – purple grama – USA (Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico (Chihuahua, Michoacán, Coahuila,

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Bouteloua reederorum ''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 ...

'' Columbus – Durango, Puebla, Zacatecas, Oaxaca * ''

Bouteloua reflexa ''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 ...

'' Swallen – Sonora, Sinaloa,

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Bouteloua repens ''Bouteloua repens'', colloquially known as slender grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Description Slender grama is a perennial grass that appears similar to '' Boutelo ...

'' (Kunth) Scribn. & Merr. – slender grama – Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Mesoamerica, Colombia,

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Bouteloua rigidiseta ''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 ...

'' (Steud.) Hitchc. – Texas grama – New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mexico (

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Bouteloua simplex ''Bouteloua simplex'', colloquially known as matted grama or mat grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to much of the Americas. Description Matted grama is forms dense mats and is a low growing annual, reaching no higher than ...

'' Lag. Much of southwestern and central United States, Central America, western South America * ''

Bouteloua scabra ''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 ...

'' (Kunth) Columbus – from Hidalgo to Honduras * ''

Bouteloua stolonifera ''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 ...

'' Scribn. – San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas * ''

Bouteloua swallenii ''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 ...

'' Columbus – from El Salvador to Venezuela * ''

Bouteloua triaena ''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 ...

'' (Trin. ex Spreng.) Scribn. – from Sinaloa to Guatemala * ''

Bouteloua trifida ''Bouteloua trifida'' is a species of grass known by the common name red grama. It is native to central and northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States, where it grows in desert scrub and other dry areas. This is a small perennial grass g ...

'' Thunb. – Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Mexico * ''

Bouteloua uniflora ''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 ...

'' Vasey – Nealley grama, oneflower grama – Utah, Texas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo León,

, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas * ''

Bouteloua vaneedenii ''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 ...

'' Pilg. – Cuba, Leeward Islands, Venezuela * ''

Bouteloua warnockii ''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 ...

'' Gould & Kapadia – Warnock's grama – New Mexico, Texas, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas * ''

Bouteloua williamsii ''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 ...

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Some grass species, formerly classified under ''Bouteloua'', have been reclassified under other genera including: *''

Cathestecum ''Cathestecum'' (common name false grama) is a genus of the North American plants in the grass family. The name is sometimes misspelled as ''Cathestechum''. ; SpeciesDavidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperacea ...

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Chondrosum ''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.) Cl ...

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Neobouteloua ''Neobouteloua'' is a genus of Argentine and Chilean plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesZuloaga, F. O., E. G. Nicora, Z. E. Rúgolo de Agrasar, O. Morrone, J. F. Pensiero & A. M. Cialdella. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la Repúblic ...

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Interactive Key to ''Bouteloua'' of North America
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2693100 Bunchgrasses of North America Bunchgrasses of South America Grasses of North America Grasses of South America Poaceae genera Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois Taxa named by Mariano Lagasca

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