Chondrosum

Chondrosum is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family.[3][4]

Chondrosum
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Chondrosum

Type species
Chondrosum procumbens
(P.Durand) Desv.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Erucaria Cerv. 1870. illegitimate homonym not Gaertn. 1791 (Brassicaceae)
  • Actinochloa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Bouteloua sect. Chondrosum (Desv.) Benth. & Hook. f.
  • Bouteloua subgen. Chondrosum (Desv.) A. Gray
  • Bouteloua subgen. Chondrosum (Desv.) Gould

Chondrosum is closely related to Bouteloua and considered part of that genus in some publications.[2]

Species[1][5][6][7]
formerly included[1]

species now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris

See also

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Tropicos, Chondrosum Desv.
  3. Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 188
  4. Clayton, W. D. 1982. Notes on subfamily Chloridoideae (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 37(3): 417–420
  5. The Plant List search for Chondrosum
  6. Pohl, R. W. 1994. 99. Chondrosum Desv. 6: 292–293. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps, genus Bouteloua


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