Cathestecum Explained

Cathestecum (common name false grama)^[1] is a genus of the North American plants in the grass family.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

The name is sometimes misspelled as Cathestechum.^[6]

Species^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

• Cathestecum brevifolium Swallen - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States (Pima County in Arizona)
• Cathestecum erectum Vasey & Hack. - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States (Big Bend region in Texas, southern Arizona)
• Cathestecum prostratum J.Presl - Michoacán, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Puebla, Guerrero
• Cathestecum varium Swallen - Puebla, Oaxaca

formerly included^[7] see Bouteloua

• Cathestecum multifidum - Bouteloua multifida
• Cathestecum stoloniferum - Bouteloua reederorum

Notes and References

1. http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CATHE US Department of Agriculture plant profile
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/390933#page/310/mode/1up Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 294-295
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/390933#page/415/mode/1up Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): plate XLII (42)
4. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002781 Tropicos, Cathestecum J. Presl
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39702091#page/553/mode/1up Swallen, J. R. 1937. The grass genus Cathestecum. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 27(12): 495–501
6. Web site: Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. Cathestechum J. Presl. The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 2 April 2015. . 3 April 2015 . 30 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211030071938/https://www.delta-intkey.com/grass/www/catheste.htm . dead .
7. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451208 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
8. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Cathestecum The Plant List search for Cathestecum
9. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Cathestecum Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
10. Swallen, J. R. 1955. Gramineae. In: P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala—Part II. Fieldiana, Botany 24(2): i–ix, 1–390
11. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.