Taxon: Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Bouteloua curtipendula var. caespitosa (no accessions)
• Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (no accessions)

Common names:

• grama-azul   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• navajita banderilla   (Source: Grass Util Mex )
  
• side-oats grama   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• tall grama grass   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: lawn/turf   (fide Diversity 16:40. 2000)
  
• Animal food: forage   (grazing fide Intermt F; Grass Util Mex)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba, Saskatchewan [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia [e.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming [e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida [n.], Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia [n. & w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.], Nevada [s.], Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala; Mexico - Chiapas; Nicaragua
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Uruguay

References:

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [= B. curtipendula (Michx.) A. Gray].
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas. (Grass Tex)
• Gould, F. W. 1979. The genus Bouteloua (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66:374.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Herrera A., Y. et al. 2004. Revisión de Bouteloua Lag. (Poaceae). (Rev Bouteloua)
• Johnson, P. G. 2000. An overview of North American native grasses adapted to meet the demand for low-maintenance turf. Diversity 16:40–41.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. (Grass Util Mex)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. (L Grass Argent)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bouteloua curtipendula.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bouteloua curtipendula. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Bouteloua racemosa Lag. [= Bouteloua curtipendula var. caespitosa]
  
• Chloris curtipendula Michx. [≡ Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula]
  

Check other databases for Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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