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gracilis

Taxon

Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

Protologue Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 14: 375. 1912BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 234.jpg

Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 234.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 232.jpg

Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 232.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 231.jpg

Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 231.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 233.jpg

Bouteloua gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 233.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Boutelous gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 235.jpg

Boutelous gracilis--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sep 04. 235.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 32 botanical countries across Northern America; introduced into Bangladesh, China North-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Florida, Germany, India, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Saudi Arabia, South Carolina (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

September 4, 2004

Location

United States, Arizona, Coconino (Arboretum at Flagstaff)

Location Remarks

West of Flagstaff on Route 66, then 3.8 miles south on Woody Mountain Road

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Bouteloua

Specific Epithet

gracilis

Authorship

(Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#246,483 of 335,497

Top 74%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →