genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the te ...
.Tropicos, Pappophorum Schreb. /ref> Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.
; SpeciesDavidse, G. 1994. 73. ''Pappophorum'' Schreber. 6: 257. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
* '' Pappophorum bicolor'' E.Fourn. – Pink pappusgrass - Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, D.F., Veracruz, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
* '' Pappophorum caespitosum'' R.E.Fr. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
* '' Pappophorum hassleri'' Hack. - Paraguay
* '' Pappophorum krapovickasii'' Roseng. - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
* '' Pappophorum mucronulatum'' Nees - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
* '' Pappophorum pappiferum'' (Lam.) Kuntze – Limestone Pappusgrass - Mexico, West Indies, South America
* '' Pappophorum philippianum'' Parodi - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Sonora
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Bouteloua
''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths ...
Bromus
''Bromus'' is a large genus of grasses, classified in its own tribe Bromeae. They are commonly known as bromes, brome grasses, cheat grasses or chess grasses. Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 100 ...