Details for: W6 61174, Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths, NM080-319

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

Top Name:

NM080-319

Origin:

Collected – New Mexico, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

01 May 2023

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		W6 61174 2023o SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

Top Name:

NM080-319

Origin:

Collected – New Mexico, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

01 May 2023

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

01 May 2023.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):

Bureau of Land Management, SOS project

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Seeds of Success (SOS)
Note: Seeds of success project
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Accession Names and Identifiers

NM080-319

Type: Collector identifier

Group: SOS

Seeds of Success Project

, Bureau of Land Management, SOS project

W6 61174

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, Western Regional Plant Introduction Station

Narrative

Plant is a perennial, erect bunchgrass 1 to 2 ft tall. Most leaves are close to the base and the much longer culms terminate in 1-4 eyelash-like spikes, which are green or purplish green when immature, and tan when mature. The spikes go from horizontal or ascending to recurved at maturity. Disarticulation is above the glumes.

Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

Genus:

Bouteloua

Section:

Chondrosum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Boutelouinae

Nomen number:

7527

Place of publication:

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 14:375. 1912, nom. cons. (Steudel, Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 1:219. 1840, pro syn.)

Comment:

conserved (nom. cons., Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.10 & App. IV) against the earlier homonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 53) Bouteloua gracilis Vasey, nom. rej.

Verified:

03/27/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Chondrosum gracile Kunth

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Atheropogon oligostachyus Nutt.
Bouteloua oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. ex A. Gray

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	blue grama		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	blue grama grass		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	eyelash grass		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English (Canada)	blue grama	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41-42.
French (Canada)	boutelou gracieux	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41-42.
Spanish	navajita		2	Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Note: lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag.
Spanish	navajita azul		2	Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Note: lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag.

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