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false grama
Cathestecum prostratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Genus:	Cathestecum J.Presl
Type species
Cathestecum prostratum J.Presl
Synonyms
Cathestechum (misspelling)

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

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

formerly included

see Bouteloua

• Cathestecum multifidum - Bouteloua multifida
• Cathestecum stoloniferum - Bouteloua reederorum

References

1. US Department of Agriculture plant profile
2. Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 294-295 in Latin
3. Presl, Jan Svatoplu. 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): plate XLII (42) line drawing of Cathestecum prostratum
4. Tropicos, Cathestecum J. Presl
5. Swallen, J. R. 1937. The grass genus Cathestecum. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 27(12): 495–501
6. Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. Cathestechum J. Presl. The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 2nd April 2015.
7. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
8. The Plant List search for Cathestecum
9. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
10. Swallen, J. R. 1955. Gramineae. In: P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala—Part II. Fieldiana, Botany 24(2): i–ix, 1–390
11. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..

• Poaceae genera
• Grasses of North America