Bothriochloa laguroides

Bothriochloa laguroides

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
Species: Bothriochloa laguroides

Name

Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter,

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Andropogon laguroides DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 78 (1813).
• Homotypic
  • Trachypogon laguroides (DC.) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 349 (1829).
  • Andropogon saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 293 (1883).
  • Andropogon saccharoides subsp. laguroides (DC.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 495 (1889).
  • Sorghum saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 368 (1898).
  • Holcus saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Stuck., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 48 (1904).
  • Bothriochloa saccharoides subvar. laguroides (DC.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 168 (1960).
  • Bothriochloa saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Beetle, Phytologia 30: 344 (1975).
• Heterotypic
  • Deyeuxia megapotamica Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 30 (1827).
  • Calamagrostis megapotamica (Spreng.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 192 (1854).
  • Andropogon laguriformis Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 309 (1879).
  • Andropogon tenuirachis E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 58 (1886).
  • Dichanthium saccharoides subvar. laguroides (DC.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 168 (1960).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Regional: Western South America Chile Central, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá Regional: Northern South America Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Italy, Tennessee References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Herter, W.F., 1940. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 135

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bothriochloa laguroides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Bothriochloa laguroides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Bothriochloa laguroides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Bothriochloa laguroides. Published online. Accessed: September 24 2022.

Vernacular names

English: silver beardgrass

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