Species list The following species are recognised: •
Bothriochloa alta (Hitchc.) Henrard – tall beardgrass –
Americas from
New Mexico to
Argentina •
Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter– cane bluestem – USA (
CO MO OK AZ CA NV UT TX NM FL SC),
Mexico,
El Salvador,
South America (from
Colombia to
Paraguay) •
Bothriochloa biloba S.T.Blake –
Queensland,
New South Wales •
Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T.Blake – Asia (
Yemen to
Caucasus to
Japan to
Maluku),
Australia,
New Guinea,
Africa,
Madagascar •
Bothriochloa bunyensis B.K.Simon –
Queensland •
Bothriochloa campii (Swallen) De Wet –
Ecuador •
Bothriochloa compressa (Hook.f.) Henrard –
India,
Lesser Sunda Islands •
Bothriochloa decipiens (Hack.) C.E.Hubb. –
Australia •
Bothriochloa edwardsiana (Gould) Parodi –
Mexico,
Texas,
Argentina,
Uruguay •
Bothriochloa ensiformis (Hook.f.) Henrard –
India •
Bothriochloa erianthoides (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb. –
Queensland,
New South Wales •
Bothriochloa eurylemma M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner –
Brazil (
Mato Grosso do Sul),
Argentina (
Entre Ríos,
Chaco,
Formosa,
Tucumán,
Salta) •
Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C.E.Hubb. –
Australia,
Philippines,
Lesser Sunda Islands,
Andhra Pradesh, India •
Bothriochloa exaristata (Nash) Henrard – awnless beardgrass – southern
Brazil, northern
Argentina,
Paraguay,
Bolivia,
Peru, USA (
TX LA) •
Bothriochloa grahamii (Haines) Bor –
India •
Bothriochloa hirtifolia (J.Presl) Henrard –
Mexico,
Guatemala •
Bothriochloa hybrida (Gould) Gould – USA (
TX LA),
Mexico (from
Chihuahua to
Oaxaca) •
Bothriochloa imperatoides (Lillo) Herter –
Rio Grande do Sul, northern
Argentina,
Uruguay •
Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) A.Camus – sweetpitted grass –
Africa,
Madagascar,
India,
Arabian Peninsula,
Spain,
Sicily •
Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng – yellow bluestem –
Eurasia +
North Africa from
Portugal +
Canary Islands to
Korea •
Bothriochloa kuntzeana (Hack.) Henrard –
India,
Nepal •
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter – silver bluestem –
Americas from
Mexico to
Chile •
Bothriochloa longifolia (Hack.) Bor –
India •
Bothriochloa longipaniculata (Gould) Allred & Gould – longspike beardgrass –
Brazil (
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina),
Argentina (
Corrientes,
Chaco,
Formosa,
Misiones),
Paraguay,
Guatemala,
Mexico, USA (
TX LA MS) •
Bothriochloa macra (Steud.) S.T.Blake – red – leg grass, red grass, redleg or pitted beard grass –
Australia •
Bothriochloa meridionalis M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner –
Venezuela,
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Rio Grande do Sul •
Bothriochloa modesta (Backer) Backer & Henrard –
Java,
Lesser Sunda Islands •
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus – pitted beardgrass –
China,
India,
Southeast Asia,
Australia, islands of
Indian Ocean + western
Pacific •
Bothriochloa pseudischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard –
India,
Sri Lanka •
Bothriochloa radicans (Lehm.) A.Camus – eastern + southern
Africa,
Arabian Peninsula •
Bothriochloa saccharoides Rydb. – Americas from
Utah to
Uruguay •
Bothriochloa springfieldii (Gould) Parodi – USA (
CO AZ UT TX NM LA),
Mexico,
Bolivia,
Argentina •
Bothriochloa torreyana (Steud.) Scrivanti & Anton – southern USA (from
CA to
SC),
Mexico,
Central America,
Brazil,
Argentina,
Uruguay •
Bothriochloa velutina M.Marchi & Longhi – Wagner –
Paraná,
Santa Catarina •
Bothriochloa woodrovii (Hook.f.) A.Camus –
India •
Bothriochloa wrightii (Hack.) Henrard –
Mexico, USA (
TX NM AZ)
Former taxa See
Capillipedium,
Dichanthium,
Euclasta,
Hemisorghum and
Pseudosorghum. The following taxa were formerly included in the genus: ==See also==