Bouteloua repens(Kunth) Scribn. & Merr.

slender grama

WFO wfo-0000853999 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Bouteloua repens, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. a Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-01-11 / obs. 59435919
Bouteloua repens, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. b Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58036948
Bouteloua repens, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. c Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 62388970
Bouteloua repens, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. d Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53446058
Bouteloua repens, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. e Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17762140
Bouteloua repens, photographed by Carlos Martorell
fig. f Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 518276
Bouteloua repens, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. g Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195517442
Bouteloua repens, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. h Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192553549

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Bouteloua repens is native: Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas, Aruba, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Venezuela ArizonaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestNew MexicoTexasBelizeColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPuerto RicoVenezuela ArubaLeeward Is.Netherlands Antilles
Native distribution of Bouteloua repens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Aruba ARU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Puerto Rico PUE
Venezuela VEN
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Actinochloa bromoides (Lag.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Actinochloa juncifolia (Lag.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Atheropogon americanus var. depauperatus E.Fourn.
  • Atheropogon filiformis E.Fourn.
  • Atheropogon juncifolius (Desv.) Spreng.
  • Atheropogon repens (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
  • Bouteloua bromoides Lag.
  • Bouteloua bromoides var. bromoides
  • Bouteloua filiformis (E.Fourn.) Griffiths
  • Bouteloua heterostega Griffiths
  • Bouteloua humboldtiana Griseb.
  • Bouteloua juncifolia Lag.
  • Bouteloua pubescens Pilg.
  • Chaetaria furcata P.Beauv.
  • Chloris americana R.Br.
  • Corethrum bromoides Vahl
  • Dinebra juncifolia (Desv.) Steud.
  • Dinebra repens Kunth
  • Eutriana heterostega Trin.
  • Eutriana juncifolia (Desv.) Kunth
  • Eutriana lagascae Kunth
  • Eutriana repens (Kunth) Trin.
  • Heterosteca juncifolia Desv.
  • Heterosteca rhadina Nash

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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