Chondrosum

Chondrosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Genus:	Chondrosum; Desv.
Type species
	Chondrosum procumbens; (P.Durand) Desv.
Synonyms
	Erucaria Cerv. 1870. illegitimate homonym not Gaertn. 1791 (Brassicaceae); Actinochloa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Bouteloua sect. Chondrosum (Desv.) Benth. & Hook. f.; Bouteloua subgen. Chondrosum (Desv.) A. Gray; Bouteloua subgen. Chondrosum (Desv.) Gould;

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.

Chondrosum barbatum (Lag.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV MT), Mexico, Argentina
Chondrosum brevisetum (Vasey) Clayton - United States (NM TX), widespread in Mexico
Chondrosum chasei (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
Chondrosum elatum (Reeder & C.Reeder) Clayton - Mexico (Colima, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit), Guatemala
Chondrosum eriopodum Torr. - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV), Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
Chondrosum eriostachyum (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila)
Chondrosum gracile Kunth - widespread in Canada, United States, Mexico; naturalized in China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia
Chondrosum hirsutum (Lag.) Sweet - widespread in United States + Mexico + Guatemala
Chondrosum karwinskyi E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
Chondrosum kayi (Warnock) Clayton - Big Bend region of Texas
Chondrosum parryi E.Fourn. - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa)
Chondrosum pectinatum (Feath.) Clayton USA (TX OK)
Chondrosum scorpioides (Lag.) Kunth - northern + central Mexico
Chondrosum simplex (Lag.) Kunth - United States (AZ NM TX NV UT CO KS NE WY), Mesoamerica, South America
Chondrosum trifidum (Thurb.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX NV UT), northern Mexico

species now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris

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