Bouteloua

grama grass
Bouteloua curtipendula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Genus:	Bouteloua Lag. 1805 not Hornem. ex P. Beauv. 1812
Type species
Bouteloua racemosa Lag.
Synonyms
Actinochloa Roem. & Schult. Antichloa Steud., name not validly published Aristidium (Endl.) Lindl. Atheropogon Muhl. ex Willd. Botelua Lag., alternate spelling Buchloe Engelm. Buchlomimus Reeder, C.Reeder & Rzed. Bulbilis Raf. ex Kuntze Calanthera Hook., illegitimate homonym Casiostega Galeotti, name not validly published Corethrum Vahl Cyclostachya Reeder & C.Reeder Erucaria Cerv. Eutriana Trin. Fourniera Scribn. Griffithsochloa G.J.Pierce Heterosteca Desv. Lasiostega Benth., illegitimate homonym Nestlera Steud., illegitimate homonym Opizia J.Presl Pentarrhaphis Kunth Pleiodon Rchb. Polyodon Kunth Polyschistis C.Presl Pringleochloa Scribn. Soderstromia C.V.Morton Strombodurus Steud., name not validly published Triaena Kunth Triathera Desv. Triplathera (Endl.) Lindl.

Bouteloua is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.

The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists.

Species of Bouteloua include:

Some grass species, formerly classified under Bouteloua, have been reclassified under other genera including:

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