Chondrosum

Chondrosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Chondrosum

Desv.
Type species
Chondrosum procumbens
(P.Durand) Desv.
Synonyms
  • 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 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.

Species
  • 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 included

species now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris

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