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Taxon:  Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng var. songarica (Rupr. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Celarier & J. R. Harlan



Summary
Genus:
Bothriochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Nomen number:
310207
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55:758. 1958
Verified:
06/09/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng (0 active accession[s])
Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng var. ischaemum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon ischaemum L. var. songaricus Rupr. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.

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Reference(s)
  1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 Note: CRC Press. Revised version of AH 170
  2. Celarier, R. P. & J. R. Harlan. 1958. The cytogeography of the Bothriochloa ischaemum complex. Gramineae. I. Taxonomy, and geographic distribution. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55:755.
  3. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
  4. Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975
  5. Harlan, J. R. 1963. Natural introgression between Bothriochloa ischaemum and B. intermedia in West Pakistan. Bot. Gaz. 124:295.
  6. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  8. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- Note: mentions
  9. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976 Note: mentions
  10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- Note: = B. ischaemum (L.) Keng
Common names
English
King Ranch bluestem –
Texas yellow beard grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
erosion control (fide Grass VarUSA) –


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