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Taxon: Bouteloua repens (Kunth) Scribn.

Genus: Bouteloua
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Chloridoideae tribe: Cynodonteae.
Nomen number: 409410
Place of publication: F. Lamson-Scribner & J. G. Smith, Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4:9. 1897 (F. L. Scribner & E. D. Merrill, U.S.D.A. Div. Agrostol. Bull. 24:26. 1901)
Name verified on: 24-Feb-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Dec-2005
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • slender grama   (Source: Websters Dict [as B. filiformis]) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Oklahoma
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s.], Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Colima, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Yucatan; Nicaragua; Panama
    Caribbean: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Puerto Rico
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Western South America: Colombia

References:

  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Gould, F. W. 1979. The genus Bouteloua (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66:379.
  • Herrera A., Y. et al. 2004. Revisión de Bouteloua Lag. (Poaceae). (Rev Bouteloua)
  • Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. (Grass Util Mex)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= B. filiformis].
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Bouteloua repens (Kunth) Scribn.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
  • Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
  • World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?409410 (09 February 2010)

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