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Accepted name:: Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. americana Scrivanti

Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. australis Scrivanti

Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. reevesii (Gould) Allred & Gould

Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. saccharoides

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pasto	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
silver bluestem	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amphilophis saccharoides (Sw.) Nash in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 17: 125 (1912).
Andropogon saccharoides Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 26 (1788).
Andropogon saccharoides subsp. genuinus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 493 (1889), not validly publ.
Andropogon saccharoides var. genuinus Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(4): 292 (1883), not validly publ.
Andropogon saccharoides subvar. typicus Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(4): 292 (1883), not validly publ.
Dichanthium saccharoides (Sw.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 168 (1960).
Erianthus saccharoides (Sw.) Willd. Enum. Pl.: 46 (1809), nom. illeg.
Holcus saccharoides (Sw.) Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 48 (1904).
Sorghum saccharoides (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bothriochloa saccharoides (Swallen) Rydb.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

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