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.

Bouteloua curtipendula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bouteloua
Species:
B. curtipendula
Binomial name
Bouteloua curtipendula
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Chloris curtipendula Michx.
  • Andropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) Spreng. ex Steud.
  • Atheropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) E. Fourn.
  • Cynodon curtipendulus (Michx.) Raspail
  • Dinebra curtipendula (Michx.) P. Beauv.
  • Eutriana curtipendula (Michx.) Trin.
  • Atheropogon acuminatus E.Fourn.
  • Atheropogon affinis (Hook.f.) E.Fourn.
  • Atheropogon apludoides Willd.
  • Atheropogon racemosus (Lag.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Bouteloua acuminata (E.Fourn.) Griffiths
  • Bouteloua melicoides P.Beauv.
  • Bouteloua racemosa Lag.
  • Chloris secunda (Pursh) Eaton
  • Cynodon melicoides Raspail
  • Cynosurus secundus Pursh
  • Dineba melicoides P.Beauv.
  • Dinebra melicoides P.Beauv.
  • Dinebra secunda (Pursh) Roem. & Schult.
  • Erucaria glabra Cerv.
  • Eutriana affinis Hook.f.
  • Eutriana gracilis Hook.f. 1847 not (Kunth) Trin. 1824
  • Eutriana racemosa (Lag.) Trin. ex E.Fourn.
  • Heterostega curtipendula (Michx.) Schwein. ex Hook.f.
  • Melica curtipendula (Michx.) Steud.

The species epithet comes from Latin curtus "shortened" and pendulus "hanging".

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