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- ›flowering plants
- ›monocots
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- ›Paniceae, andropogoneae, paspaleae, and allies
- ›bluestems, lemon grasses, silvergrasses, and allies
- ›Anthistiriinae
Bluestems
Bothriochloa
Bothriochloa is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first
King Ranch bluestem
speciesBothriochloa ischaemum
silver bluestem
speciesBothriochloa torreyana
Cane Bluestem
speciesBothriochloa barbinodis
Australian Bluestem
speciesBothriochloa bladhii
pitted bluestem
speciesBothriochloa pertusa
Silver beard grass
speciesBothriochloa laguroides
Longspike Beardgrass
speciesBothriochloa longipaniculata
Redleg Grass
speciesBothriochloa macra
Pitted Blue Grass
speciesBothriochloa decipiens
Springfield's Beardgrass
speciesBothriochloa springfieldii
Bothriochloa glabra
speciesBothriochloa glabra
Pinhole Grass
speciesBothriochloa insculpta
Bothriochloa biloba
speciesBothriochloa biloba
Silver Bluestem
speciesBothriochloa saccharoides
Desert Blue Grass
speciesBothriochloa ewartiana
Bothriochloa hybrida
speciesBothriochloa hybrida
Smelly Grass
speciesBothriochloa radicans
Bothriochloa erianthoides
speciesBothriochloa erianthoides
Bothriochloa hirtifolia
speciesBothriochloa hirtifolia
Awnless Beardgrass
speciesBothriochloa exaristata
Bothriochloa alta
speciesBothriochloa alta
Bothriochloa bunyensis
speciesBothriochloa bunyensis
Bothriochloa edwardsiana
speciesBothriochloa edwardsiana
Bothriochloa wrightii
speciesBothriochloa wrightii
Bothriochloa imperatoides
speciesBothriochloa imperatoides
Bothriochloa macera
speciesBothriochloa macera
Bothriochloa catharinensis
speciesBothriochloa catharinensis
Bothriochloa grahamii
speciesBothriochloa grahamii
Bothriochloa kuntzeana
speciesBothriochloa kuntzeana
Bothriochloa pseudoischaemum
speciesBothriochloa pseudoischaemum
Bothriochloa velutina
speciesBothriochloa velutina
Bothriochloa woodrovii
speciesBothriochloa woodrovii
Bothriochloa longifolia
speciesBothriochloa longifolia
Bothriochloa modesta
speciesBothriochloa modesta
Bothriochloa eurylemma
speciesBothriochloa eurylemma
Bothriochloa campii
speciesBothriochloa campii
Bothriochloa compressa
speciesBothriochloa compressa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72016.