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Gramineae (or Poaceae): The Grass Family

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The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Aegopodon cenchroides, Aegopodon tenellus, Agropyron vaillantianum, Aristida adscensionis, Aristida adscensionis, Aristida ternipes, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua curtipendula, Cenchrus brownii, Chloris virgata, Echinochloa colonum, Hyparrhenia sp., Lasiacis nigra, Lasiacis sorghoidea, Oplismenus burmanni, Rhynchelytrum roseum, Setariopsis latiglumis, Sporobolus indicus, Sporobolus wrightii, Stipa virescens, Tripsacum dactyloides, Tripsacum zopilotense, Trisetum palmeri, and Zea mays.

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List of Gramineae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  Aristida adscensionis L.   (not named) saká:pitsáhtli (not named)
  Aristida ternipes Cav. var. ternipes   i:te:ntson chi:boh (not named)  
  Bouteloua media (E. Fourn.) Gould & Kapadia   sakatsontetl sakatsontetl sakatsontetl
  Bouteloa triaena (Trin.) Scribn.   sakapepextli saká:pextlí sakapehpextle
  Bouteloa curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.   sakatsontetl de istá:k sakatsontetl tótomióh de ista:k sakatsontetl de istá:k
  Cathestecum varium Swallen   (not named) sakapotohtli (not named)
  Cenchrus pilosus Kunth   wi:tsapo:lin wí:tsapó:lin witsakapo:lin
  Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.   (not named) sakama:tlatl sakaomitl
  Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roemer & Schultes   (not named) sakakolo:tl sakama:tlatl
  Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.   sakawistli / sakakahli sakawistli / sakakahli sakafle:chah
  Ixophorus unisetus (J. S. Presl.) Schltdl.   (not named) sakapatlaxtli sakapatlaxtle
  Opizia stolonifera J. Presl   sakachocholtsi:n saká:choltsí:n sakachohcholtsi:n
  Phragmites sp.   a:katl á:kawítlatl a:katl
  Setariopsis auriculata (E. Fourn.) Scribner   sakamia:watl saká:patlá:xtsi:n sakamia:watl

 

List of Gramineae species collected that were not recognized by indigenous consultants

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. var. caespitosa Gould & Kapadia   (not named) (not named) (not named)
  Chloris virgata Sw.   (not named) (not named) (not named)
  Eragrostis mexicana (Hornem.) Link   (not named) (not named) (not named)
  Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth   (not named) (not named) (not named)
  Setaria liebmannii E. Fourn.   (not named) (not named) (not named)
  Urochloa fasciculata (Sw.) R. D. Webster   (not named) (not named) (not named)