Taxon: Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

• conserved (nom. cons.)(Vienna ICBN Art. 14.10 & App. IV) over the earlier homonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 53) B. gracilis Vasey, nom. rej.
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

Common names:

• blue grama   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• blue grama grass   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• eyelash grass   (Source: F NAmer )
  
• navajita   (Source: Grass Util Mex )
  
• navajita azul   (Source: Grass Util Mex )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: potential as lawn/turf   (fide Diversity 16:11-14. 2000; Diversity 16:40-41. 2000)
  
• Animal food: forage   (grazing fide Intermt F)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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 - Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz

Other:

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Brummitt, R. K. 2002. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 53. Taxon 51:797. [conservation proposal recommended].
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [accepts; lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Steud.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [= B. oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. ex A. Gray].
• 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)
• Gandhi, K. N. et al. 2001. (1479) Proposal to conserve the name Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Griffiths against B. gracilis Vasey (Poaceae). Taxon 50:573–575.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2) [accepts; lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag.].
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas. (Grass Tex) [accepts; lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Steud.].
• Gould, F. W. 1979. The genus Bouteloua (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66:392. [accepts; lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Griffiths].
• Herrera A., Y. et al. 2004. Revisión de Bouteloua Lag. (Poaceae). (Rev Bouteloua)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep) [accepts].
• Johnson, P. G. 2000. An overview of North American native grasses adapted to meet the demand for low-maintenance turf. Diversity 16:40–41.
• Kartesz, J. T. & K. N. Gandhi. 1990. Nomenclatural notes for the North American flora. IV. Phytologia 69:302. [accepts].
• Kenna, M. P. 2000. The United States Golf Association: a leader in the science of turf for 80 years. Diversity 16:11–14.
• 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) [accepts].
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia) [accepts; lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Steud.].
• Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. (Grass Util Mex) [accepts; lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag.].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm) [accepts].
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2) [accepts; lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Steud.].
• 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) [= a synonym of B. aristidoides].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bouteloua gracilis.

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

Synonyms:

• (=) Atheropogon oligostachyus Nutt.
  
• (=) Bouteloua oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. ex A. Gray
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (≡) Chondrosum gracile Kunth (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths:

• 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
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• 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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