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Bouteloua radicosa

(Fourn.) Griffiths

Purple Grama

G5Secure Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.143173

Element CodePMPOA100F0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusBouteloua

Other Common Names

purple grama (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date1990-01-16

Change Date1990-01-16

Edition Date1989-01-18

Edition AuthorsRusso, Mary (TNC WRO), rev. G. Thunhorst (11/96)

Rank Reasons

Data primarily/exclusively from Munz, 1973, Calif. Flora

Range Extent Comments

Eastern Arizona (Kearney and Peebles 1951) and southwestern New Mexico (Martin and Hutchins 1980) to Mexico. Falsely reported for California (Kartesz 1995 unpublished distribution data).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Maine	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (5)

Arizona (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Happy Valley	Coronado National Forest	7,972
Hot Air	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	31,712
Lower Rincon	Coronado National Forest	3,278
Pipestem	Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests	34,598

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Peloncillo (NM)	Coronado National Forest	43,339

References (4)

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J.T. 1995. Records considered false reports in set of species distribution data at state and province level for vascular plant taxa of the United States, Canada, and Greenland, from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, July, 1995.
Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.
Martin, W.C., and C.R. Hutchins. 1980-1981. A flora of New Mexico. 1980, Vol. 1; 1981, Vol. 2. J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag, K.G., Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 2591 pp.