Chondrosum Explained

Chondrosum is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

Chondrosum is closely related to Bouteloua and considered part of that genus in some publications.^[3]

Species^{[4] [5] [6]}

• 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

formerly includedspecies now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris

• Chondrosum ciliatum - Chloris radiata
• Chondrosum humboldtianum - Bouteloua chondrosioides

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

Notes and References

1. Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 188
2. Clayton, W. D. 1982. Notes on subfamily Chloridoideae (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 37(3): 417–420
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007925 Tropicos, Chondrosum Desv.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Chondrosum The Plant List search for Chondrosum
5. 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.
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Bouteloua Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps, genus Bouteloua