Bothriochloa

Bothriochloa biloba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Anthistiriinae
Genus: Bothriochloa
Accepted species: B. alta – B. barbinodis – B. biloba – B. bladhii – B. bunyensis – B. campii – B. catharinensis – B. compressa – B. decipiens – B. edwardsiana – B. erianthoides – B. eurylemma – B. ewartiana – B. exaristata – B. glabra – B. grahamii – B. hirtifolia – B. hybrida – B. imperatoides – B. insculpta – B. ischaemum – B. kuntzeana – B. laguroides – B. longifolia – B. longipaniculata – B. macra – B. meridionalis – B. modesta – B. pertusa – B. pseudoischaemum – B. radicans – B. saccharoides – B. springfieldii – B. torreyana – B. velutina – B. woodrovii – B. wrightii

Unplaced species names: B. jainii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bothriochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 23. Reference page.

Name

Bothriochloa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 762 (1891)

• Type species: Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T.Blake, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 80: 62 (1969)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Amphilophis Nash in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 71 (1901).
  • Andropogon sect. Amphilophis Trin.
  • Andropogon subg. Amphilophis (Trin.) Hack.
  • Dichanthium sect. Bothriochloa (Kuntze) Roberty
  • Gymnandropogon (Nees) Duthie in Atkinson

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Costa Rica, Easter Is., Guyana, Hawaii, Kermadec Is., Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Palestine, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, St.Helena, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. : 2: 762.

Additional references

• Singh, R.K. & Arigela, R.K. 2023. Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 7(4)-8: 9. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Bothriochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 1. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Bothriochloa. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Bothriochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Bothriochloa. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 1 2024.

Vernacular names

العربية: جارو پنجه‌ای
čeština: Vousatka
English: Beardgrass
suomi: Tikkiheinät
עברית: משבל
қазақша: Бозшағыл
한국어: 바랭이새속
lietuvių: Žiaudė
русский: Бородач
українська: Бородач
中文: 孔颖草属

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