Cathestecum

Cathestecum (common name false grama) is a genus of the North American plants in the grass family.

The name is sometimes misspelled as Cathestechum.


 * Species
 * Cathestecum brevifolium Swallen - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States (Pima County in Arizona)
 * Cathestecum erectum Vasey & Hack. - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States (Big Bend region in Texas, southern Arizona)
 * Cathestecum prostratum J.Presl - Michoacán, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Puebla, Guerrero
 * Cathestecum varium Swallen - Puebla, Oaxaca

see Bouteloua
 * formerly included
 * Cathestecum multifidum - Bouteloua multifida
 * Cathestecum stoloniferum - Bouteloua reederorum