PLANTS Profile for Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana (silver beardgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould
silver beardgrass

Symbol:

BOLAT

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould

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Synonyms:
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould

	ANSAT2	Andropogon saccharoides Sw. var. torreyanus (Steud.) Hack.
	BOSAT	Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb. var. torreyana (Steud.) Gould
	DISAT4	Dichanthium saccharoides (Sw.) Roberty subvar. torreyanum (Steud.) Roberty

Distribution:
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould


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Related Taxa:
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 17 species in Bothriochloa, 2 subspecies in Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter

Classification:
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Bothriochloa Kuntze – beardgrass
Species	Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter – silver beardgrass
Subspecies	Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould – silver beardgrass

More Accounts and Images:
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 523690.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 02:01 PM CDT