Bothriochloa
Bothriochloa pertusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Andropogoninae
Genus: Bothriochloa
Kuntze[1]
Type species
Bothriochloa anamitica
(syn of B. bladhii)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Amphilophis Nash
  • Dichanthium sect. Bothriochloa (Kuntze) Roberty

Bothriochloa is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.[4] They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem. Some species are invasive in areas where they have been introduced.[5][6]

The etymology of the genus name Bothriochloa derives from the two ancient Greek words βοθρίον (bothríon), meaning "small pit or trench", and χλόη or χλόα (khlóa), meaning "new green shoot or blade of grass".[7][8][9]

An specimens of Bothriochloa from Gooty Fort Hill, Andhra Pradesh, India was collected in December 2019 and identified as Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C. E. Hubb. based on literature study and international correspondence with experts from Australia, Indonesia and Americas.[10] This study adds an extended and disjunct distribution of a Far Eastern species in Asia from India.[10]

Systematics

Species list

The following species are recognised:[3]

Former taxa

See Capillipedium, Dichanthium, Euclasta, Hemisorghum and Pseudosorghum.

The following taxa were formerly included in the genus:[3]

  • Bothriochloa assimilisCapillipedium assimile
  • Bothriochloa concanensisDichanthium concanense
  • Bothriochloa foulkesiiDichanthium foulkesii
  • Bothriochloa gracilisPseudosorghum fasciculare
  • Bothriochloa kwashotensisCapillipedium kwashotense
  • Bothriochloa parvifloraCapillipedium parviflorum
  • Bothriochloa pictaCapillipedium assimile
  • Bothriochloa piptantheraEuclasta condylotricha
  • Bothriochloa spicigeraCapillipedium spicigerum
  • Bothriochloa tuberculataDichanthium annulatum
  • Bothriochloa venustaHemisorghum venustum
  • Bothriochloa yunnanensisPseudosorghum fasciculare

See also

References

  1. Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 762 description in Latin, commentary in German
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Bothriochloa Kuntze
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
  7. Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
  8. Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  9. Ellen Dorn, Native Plants of Arizona 2004, Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter
  10. 1 2 Landge, Shahid Nawaz; Shinde, Rajendra D. (20 August 2021). "Synopsis of the genus Bothriochloa (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) in India". Phytotaxa. 516 (1): 43–58. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.516.1.3. S2CID 238722563 via Magnolia Press.
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