Cathestecum

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Cathestecum prostratum
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Cathestecum

Type species
Cathestecum prostratum
Synonyms
  • Cathestechum (misspelling)

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]
formerly included [7]

see Bouteloua

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  1. Cunila angustifoliaBenth. - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina
  2. Cunila crenataGarcía-Peña & Tenorio - State of Durango in Mexico
  3. Cunila fasciculataBenth. - southern Brazil
  4. Cunila galioidesBenth. - Brazil
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  7. Cunila leucanthaKunth ex Schltdl. & Cham. - Mexico, Central America
  8. Cunila lythrifoliaBenth. - central + southern Mexico
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  10. Cunila menthoidesBenth. - Uruguay
  11. Cunila microcephalaBenth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
  12. Cunila origanoides(L.) Britton - central + eastern United States from Texas and Kansas east to New York and Georgia
  13. Cunila platyphyllaEpling - southern Brazil
  14. Cunila polyanthaBenth. - Mexico, Central America
  15. Cunila pycnanthaB.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Mexico
  16. Cunila ramamoorthianaM.R.Garcia-Pena - Mexico (Guerrero)
  17. Cunila spicataBenth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
  18. Cunila tenuifoliaEpling - southern Brazil
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References

  1. US Department of Agriculture plant profile
  2. Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 294-295 in Latin
  3. Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): plate XLII (42) line drawing of Cathestecum prostratum
  4. Tropicos, Cathestecum J. Presl
  5. Swallen, J. R. 1937. The grass genus Cathestecum. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 27(12): 495–501
  6. "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". Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. The Plant List search for Cathestecum
  9. 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.