REVISIÓN TAXONÓMICA DE LAS ESPECIES AMERICANAS DEL GÉNERO BOTHRIOCHLOA (POACEAE: PANICOIDEAE: ANDROPOGONEAE)

VEGA, A. S.

DARWINIANA

Instituto de Botánica Darwinion

Lugar: San Isidro, Buenos Aires; Año: 2000 vol. 38 p. 127 - 186

0011-6793

Taxonomic revision of the American species of the genus Bothriochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Andropogoneae). Darwiniana The genus Bothriochloa, which belongs to subfamily Panicoideae, tribe Andropogoneae, is mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with nearly 35 species throughout the world. Twenty six American taxa of the genus were treated in the present paper, including 22 species, 2 subspecies and a variety. Within each taxa, information is given about vernacular names, iconography, distribution and ecology, chromosome numbers, an exsicatta of representative material and illustrations. A key for the identification of taxa is also provided.