| Bouteloua curtipendula |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Clade: |
Commelinids |
| Order: |
Poales |
| Family: |
Poaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Chloridoideae |
| Genus: |
Bouteloua |
| Species: |
B. curtipendula |
| Binomial name |
Bouteloua curtipendula
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| Synonyms |
- Chloris curtipendula Michx.
- Andropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) Spreng. ex Steud.
- Atheropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) E. Fourn.
- Cynodon curtipendulus (Michx.) Raspail
- Dinebra curtipendula (Michx.) P. Beauv.
- Eutriana curtipendula (Michx.) Trin.
- Atheropogon acuminatus E.Fourn.
- Atheropogon affinis (Hook.f.) E.Fourn.
- Atheropogon apludoides Willd.
- Atheropogon racemosus (Lag.) Roem. & Schult.
- Bouteloua acuminata (E.Fourn.) Griffiths
- Bouteloua melicoides P.Beauv.
- Bouteloua racemosa Lag.
- Chloris secunda (Pursh) Eaton
- Cynodon melicoides Raspail
- Cynosurus secundus Pursh
- Dineba melicoides P.Beauv.
- Dinebra melicoides P.Beauv.
- Dinebra secunda (Pursh) Roem. & Schult.
- Erucaria glabra Cerv.
- Eutriana affinis Hook.f.
- Eutriana gracilis Hook.f. 1847 not (Kunth) Trin. 1824
- Eutriana racemosa (Lag.) Trin. ex E.Fourn.
- Heterostega curtipendula (Michx.) Schwein. ex Hook.f.
- Melica curtipendula (Michx.) Steud.
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Bouteloua curtipendula, commonly known as sideoats grama, is a perennial, short prairie grass that is native throughout the temperate and tropical Western Hemisphere, from Canada south to Argentina.
The species epithet comes from Latin curtus "shortened" and pendulus "hanging".