Taxon:
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Summary
Place of publication:
Aliso 18:63. 1999
Verified:
10/15/2001
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Columbus, J. T. 1999. An expanded circumscription of Bouteloua (Gramineae: Chloridoideae): new combinations and names. Aliso 18:63.
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: = Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union URL: http://www.upov.int/export/sites/upov/en/documents/c/43/c_43_06.pdf
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Common names
English
buffalo grass – French
herbe aux bisons – German
Büffelgras – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-erva-de-búfalo – Spanish
hierba búfalo – zacate búfalo – Swedish
bisongräs –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | s.w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Aguascalientes | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Ciudad de México | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guanajuato | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | México | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | Daggett Co. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Northern America
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Saskatchewan, Manitoba]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa (w.), Kansas, Minnesota (s.w.), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Montana, Wyoming]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arkansas, Louisiana (w.)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, Nevada (w.), Utah (Daggett Co.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Aguascalientes, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Jalisco, México, Querétaro]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | as Buchloe dactyloides | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |
Environmental | erosion control | as Buchloe dactyloides | Wu, L. 2000. Buffalograss: this ancient American forage grass may have a future as turf. Diversity 16:42-43. |
Environmental | lawn/turf | as Buchloe dactyloides | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |