Kingdom Plantae Family Poaceae Tribe Cynodonteae Higher classification Grasses | Order Poales Subfamily Chloridoideae Scientific name Chondrosum Rank Genus | |
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Chondrosum is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family.
Chondrosum is closely related to Bouteloua and considered part of that genus in some publications.
- Chondrosum barbatum (Lag.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV MT), Mexico, Argentina
- Chondrosum brevisetum (Vasey) Clayton - United States (NM TX), widespread in Mexico
- Chondrosum chasei (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
- Chondrosum elatum (Reeder & C.Reeder) Clayton - Mexico (Colima, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit), Guatemala
- Chondrosum eriopodum Torr. - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV), Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
- Chondrosum eriostachyum (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila)
- Chondrosum gracile Kunth - widespread in Canada, United States, Mexico; naturalized in China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia
- Chondrosum hirsutum (Lag.) Sweet - widespread in United States + Mexico + Guatemala
- Chondrosum karwinskyi E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
- Chondrosum kayi (Warnock) Clayton - Big Bend region of Texas
- Chondrosum parryi E.Fourn. - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa)
- Chondrosum pectinatum (Feath.) Clayton USA (TX OK)
- Chondrosum scorpioides (Lag.) Kunth - northern + central Mexico
- Chondrosum simplex (Lag.) Kunth - United States (AZ NM TX NV UT CO KS NE WY), Mesoamerica, South America
- Chondrosum trifidum (Thurb.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX NV UT), northern Mexico
species now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris
References
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