Chondrosum

Chondrosum is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family.

Chondrosum is closely related to Bouteloua and considered part of that genus in some publications.


 * Species
 * Chondrosum barbatum (Lag.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV MT), Mexico, Argentina
 * Chondrosum brevisetum (Vasey) Clayton - United States (NM TX), widespread in Mexico
 * Chondrosum chasei (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)
 * Chondrosum elatum (Reeder & C.Reeder) Clayton - Mexico (Colima, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit), Guatemala
 * Chondrosum eriopodum Torr. - United States (CA AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV), Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
 * Chondrosum eriostachyum (Swallen) Clayton - Mexico (Coahuila)
 * Chondrosum gracile Kunth - widespread in Canada, United States, Mexico; naturalized in China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia
 * Chondrosum hirsutum (Lag.) Sweet - widespread in United States + Mexico + Guatemala
 * Chondrosum karwinskyi E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
 * Chondrosum kayi (Warnock) Clayton - Big Bend region of Texas
 * Chondrosum parryi E.Fourn. - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa)
 * Chondrosum pectinatum (Feath.) Clayton USA (TX OK)
 * Chondrosum scorpioides (Lag.) Kunth - northern + central Mexico
 * Chondrosum simplex (Lag.) Kunth - United States (AZ NM TX NV UT CO KS NE WY), Mesoamerica, South America
 * Chondrosum trifidum (Thurb.) Clayton - United States (CA AZ NM TX NV UT), northern Mexico

species now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris
 * formerly included
 * Chondrosum ciliatum - Chloris radiata
 * Chondrosum humboldtianum - Bouteloua chondrosioides