Chondrosum

Chondrosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Genus:	Chondrosum Desv.
Type species
Chondrosum procumbens (P.Durand) Desv.
Synonyms
Erucaria Cerv. 1870. illegitimate homonym not Gaertn. 1791 (Brassicaceae) Actinochloa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Bouteloua sect. Chondrosum (Desv.) Benth. & Hook. f. Bouteloua subgen. Chondrosum (Desv.) A. Gray Bouteloua subgen. Chondrosum (Desv.) Gould

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 now considered better suited to other genera: Bouteloua Chloris