Poaceae
Bothriochloa

Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.

First published in Brittonia 1: 81 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. & S. Central U.S.A. to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, California, Chile Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Palestine

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Scrivanti, L.R., Norrmann, G.A. & Anton, A.M. (2013). Delimiting species boundaries within the Bothriochloa saccharoides complex (Poaceae) through morphometric analysis. Phytotaxa 89: 24-42.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 13, 1981 Bolivia K001472080 Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C.R. [11247] Argentina K001905195 No
Wood, J.R.I. [4275] Colombia K001472023 Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C.R. [11230] Argentina K001905206 No
Wright, C. [1556] Cuba K000632989 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bertero [779] Chile K000632986 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [1556] Cuba K000632988 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colombia K001472019 Yes
Colombia K001472020 Yes
Colombia K001472021 Yes
Colombia K001472022 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4275], Colombia K001472023 Yes
Colombia K001472024 Yes
Colombia K001472025 Yes
Colombia K001472026 Yes
Colombia K001472027 Yes
Colombia K001472028 Yes
Venezuela K001472029 Yes
Venezuela K001472030 Yes
Ecuador K001472031 Yes
Ecuador K001472032 Yes
Ecuador K001472033 Yes
Ecuador K001472034 Yes
Ecuador K001472035 Yes
Ecuador K001472036 Yes
Ecuador K001472037 Yes
Ecuador K001472038 Yes
Ecuador K001472039 Yes
Ecuador K001472040 Yes
Ecuador K001472041 Yes
Ecuador K001472042 Yes
Ecuador K001472043 Yes
Ecuador K001472044 Yes
Ecuador K001472045 Yes
Ecuador K001472046 Yes
Ecuador K001472047 Yes
Ecuador K001472048 Yes
Ecuador K001472049 Yes
Ecuador K001472050 Yes
Ecuador K001472051 Yes
Ecuador K001472052 Yes
Ecuador K001472053 Yes
Ecuador K001472054 Yes
Ecuador K001472055 Yes
Ecuador K001472056 Yes
Ecuador K001472057 Yes
Ecuador K001472058 Yes
Ecuador K001472059 Yes
Ecuador K001472060 Yes
Ecuador K001472061 Yes
Ecuador K001472062 Yes
Peru K001472063 Yes
Peru K001472064 Yes
Peru K001472065 Yes
Peru K001472066 Yes
Peru K001472067 Yes
Peru K001472068 Yes
Peru K001472069 Yes
Peru K001472070 Yes
Peru K001472071 Yes
Peru K001472072 Yes
Peru K001472073 Yes
Peru K001472074 Yes
Peru K001472075 Yes
Peru K001472076 Yes
Peru K001472077 Yes
Bolivia K001472078 Yes
Bolivia K001472079 Yes
Bolivia K001472081 Yes
Bolivia K001472082 Yes
Bolivia K001472083 Yes
Bolivia K001472084 Yes
Bolivia K001472085 Yes
Bolivia K001472086 Yes
Bolivia K001472087 Yes
Bolivia K001472088 Yes
Bolivia K001472089 Yes
Bolivia K001472090 Yes
Bolivia K001472091 Yes
Bolivia K001472092 Yes
Bolivia K001472093 Yes
Bolivia K001472094 Yes
Bolivia K001472095 Yes
Bolivia K001472096 Yes
Bolivia K001472097 Yes
Bolivia K001472098 Yes
Bolivia K001472099 Yes
Bolivia K001472100 Yes
Bolivia K001472101 Yes
Bolivia K001472102 Yes
Bolivia K001472103 Yes
Bolivia K001472104 Yes
Bolivia K001472105 Yes
Bolivia K001472106 Yes
Bolivia K001472107 Yes
Bolivia K001472108 Yes
Bolivia K001472109 Yes
Bolivia K001472110 Yes
Spruce, R. [6100] Ecuador Andropogon saccharoides K000201737 Yes
Spruce, R. [4854] Peru Andropogon saccharoides K000201738 Yes
Spruce, R. [cf.6100] Ecuador Andropogon saccharoides K000201736 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0