Chondrosum

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.

1. Chondrosum barbatum (Lag.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV MT), Mexico, Argentina
2. Chondrosum brevisetum (Vasey) Clayton - United States (NM TX), widespread in Mexico
3. Chondrosum chasei (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
4. Chondrosum elatum (Reeder & C.Reeder) Clayton - Mexico (Colima, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit), Guatemala
5. Chondrosum eriopodum Torr. - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV), Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
6. Chondrosum eriostachyum (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila)
7. Chondrosum gracile Kunth - widespread in Canada, United States, Mexico; naturalized in China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia
8. Chondrosum hirsutum (Lag.) Sweet - widespread in United States + Mexico + Guatemala
9. Chondrosum karwinskyi E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
10. Chondrosum kayi (Warnock) Clayton - Big Bend region of Texas
11. Chondrosum parryi E.Fourn. - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa)
12. Chondrosum pectinatum (Feath.) Clayton USA (TX OK)
13. Chondrosum scorpioides (Lag.) Kunth - northern + central Mexico
14. Chondrosum simplex (Lag.) Kunth - United States (AZ NM TX NV UT CO KS NE WY), Mesoamerica, South America
15. Chondrosum trifidum (Thurb.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX NV UT), northern Mexico

species now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris