Bothriochloa is a genus

Genus

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 of grass

Grass

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 in the Poaceae

Poaceae

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 family. There are about 70 species found in tropical to warm temperate areas worldwide. They are often called beardgrass or bluestem.

Species include:

• Bothriochloa alta – tall beardgrass
• Bothriochloa ambigua
• Bothriochloa barbinodis
  Bothriochloa barbinodis
  Bothriochloa barbinodis is a species of grass known by the common name cane bluestem. It is native to the Americas, including most of South and Central America, Mexico, and the southernmost continental United States from California to Florida....
  
  – cane bluestem
• Bothriochloa bladhii
  Bothriochloa bladhii
  Bothriochloa bladhii is a neotropic grass in the Poaceae family, found primarily in tropical Africa, and tropical and temperate Asia, and Australia...
  
  – Caucasian bluestem
• Bothriochloa bunyensis
• Bothriochloa campii
  Bothriochloa campii
  Bothriochloa campii is a species of grass in the Poaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.-References:* Laegaard, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
  
  
• Bothriochloa edwardsiana – Edwards plateau
• Bothriochloa exaristata – awnless beardgrass
• Bothriochloa hybrida – hybrid beardgrass
• Bothriochloa insculpta – sweetpitted grass
• Bothriochloa ischaemum – yellow bluestem
• Bothriochloa kuntzeana
• Bothriochloa laguroides – silver bluestem
• Bothriochloa longipaniculata – longspike beardgrass
• Bothriochloa pertusa – pitted beardgrass
• Bothriochloa radicans
• Bothriochloa springfieldii – Springfield bluestem
• Bothriochloa wrightii – Wright's beardgrass

Additional spp., from IPNI:

Bothriochloa anamitica Kuntze

Bothriochloa assimilis (Steud.) Ohwi

Bothriochloa biloba S.T.Blake

Bothriochloa brasiliensis (Hack.) Henrard

Bothriochloa caucasica (Trin.) C.E.Hubb.

Bothriochloa compressa (Hook.f.) Henrard

Bothriochloa decipiens (Hack.) C.E.Hubb.

Bothriochloa emersa (E.Fourn.) Henrard

Bothriochloa ensiformis (Hook.f.) Henrard

Bothriochloa erianthoides (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb.

Bothriochloa eurylemma M.Marchi & Longhi-Wagner

Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C.E.Hubb.

Bothriochloa foulkesii (Hook.f.) Henrard

Bothriochloa glabra (Roxb.) A.Camus

Bothriochloa gracilis W.Z.Fang

Bothriochloa grahamii (Haines) Bor

Bothriochloa haenkei (Presl) Ohwi

Bothriochloa hassleri (Hack.) Henrard

Bothriochloa hirtifolia (J.Presl) Henrard

Bothriochloa imperatoides (Lillo) Herter

Bothriochloa intermedia (R.Br.) A.Camus

Bothriochloa inundata (F.Muell.) J.M.Black

Bothriochloa jainii Deshpande & Hemadri

Bothriochloa kwashotensis (Hayata) Ohwi

Bothriochloa leucopogon (Nees) Pilg.

Bothriochloa longifolia (Hack.) Bor

Bothriochloa macra (Steud.) S.T.Blake

Bothriochloa meridionalis M.Marchi & Longhi-Wagner

Bothriochloa modesta (Backer) Backer & Henrard

Bothriochloa nana W.Z.Fang

Bothriochloa odorata (Lisboa) A.Camus

Bothriochloa oryzetorum (Hack.) Bor

Bothriochloa palmeri (Hack.) Pilg.

Bothriochloa panormitana (Parl.) Brullo

Bothriochloa parameswaranii Sreek., Malathi & V.J.Nair

Bothriochloa parviflora (R.Br.) Ohwi

Bothriochloa perforata (Trin. ex Fourn.) Herter

Bothriochloa picta Ohwi

Bothriochloa piptanthera (Hack.) Gould

Bothriochloa pseudischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard

Bothriochloa punctata (Roxb.) L.Liu

Bothriochloa reevesii (Gould) Gould

Bothriochloa saccharoides Rydb.

Bothriochloa schlumbergeri (E.Fourn.) Henrard

Bothriochloa spicigera (Benth.) Koyama

Bothriochloa taiwanensis Ohwi

Bothriochloa tuberculata W.Z.Fang

Bothriochloa velutina M.Marchi & Longhi-Wagner

Bothriochloa venusta (Thwaites) A.Camus

Bothriochloa woodrovii (Hook.f.) A.Camus

Bothriochloa yunnanensis W.Z.Fang

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile