See other conspecific taxa:

• Bothriochloa ischaemum (0 accessions)
• Bothriochloa ischaemum var. ischaemum (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Andropogon ischaemum var. songaricus Rupr. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.

Common names:

• King Ranch bluestem  (Source: J Linn SB) - English
• Texas yellow beard grass  (Source: J Linn SB) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (fide J Linn SB 55:755. 1958; Grass Tex)
• Environmental: revegetator; revegetator

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China (s.)
• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• Mexico

References:

1. 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
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
4. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
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. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
8. Matakis, S. et al. 2011. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for Bothriochloa ischaemum (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 98:e192–e194.
9. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: mentions
10. Nesom, G. 2009. Assessment of invasiveness and ecological impact in non-native plants of Texas. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:971-991.
11. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: mentions
12. Verloove, F. 2013. New xenophytes from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), with emphasis on naturalized and (potentially) invasive species. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 32:59-82.
13. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinosa-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123. Note: as Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng
14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng
15. Wunderlin, R. P. et al. 1988. The vascular flora of Central Florida: taxonomic and nomenclatural changes, additional taxa, II. Sida 13:83-91.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=310207. Accessed 3 July 2024.