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Accepted name:: Bouteloua simplex Lag. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brama	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
matted grama	Other	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Actinochloa humilis Willd. ex P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 41 (1812).
Actinochloa procumbens (P.Durand) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 2: 417 (1817).
Actinochloa prostrata Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 2: 419 (1817).
Actinochloa simplex (Lag.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 2: 418 (1817).
Actinochloa tenuis (P.Beauv. ex Kunth) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 2: 418 (1817).
Atheropogon humilis (Kunth) Spreng. Syst. Veg., 1: 293 (1824).
Atheropogon procumbens (P.Durand) J.Jacq. Ecl. Gram. Rar.: 12 (1813).
Bouteloua brachyathera Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 8: 85 (1891).
Bouteloua humilis (Kunth) Hieron. Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4: 495 (1881).
Bouteloua procumbens (P.Durand) Griffiths Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 14: 364 (1912).
Bouteloua prostrata Lag. Varied. Ci. 2(4): 141 (1805).
Bouteloua pusilla Vasey Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 11: 6 (1884).
Bouteloua rahmeri Phil. Verz. Antofagasta Pfl.: 85 (1891).
Bouteloua simplex var. actinochloides Henrard Meded. Rijks-Herb. 40: 65 (1921).
Bouteloua simplex var. rahmeri (Phil.) Henrard Meded. Rijks-Herb. 40: 66 (1921).
Bouteloua tenuis (P.Beauv. ex Kunth) Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 303 (1879).
Bouteloua tenuis var. humilis (Kunth) Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 303 (1879).
Chloris filiformis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 237 (1811), nom. illeg.
Chloris procumbens P.Durand Quib. Chlor. Spec.: 16 (1808).
Chloris tenuis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 614 (1817).
Chondrosum humile Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 175 (1816), orth. var.
Chondrosum humile P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 41 (1812).
Chondrosum procumbens (P.Durand) Desv. ex P.Beauv. Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 188 (1810).
Chondrosum prostratum (Lag.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 455 (1826).
Chondrosum simplex (Lag.) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 94 (1829).
Chondrosum simplex var. actinochloides Henrard Meded. Rijks-Herb. 40: 65 (1921).
Chondrosum tenue P.Beauv. ex Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 176 (1816).
Cynodon procumbens (P.Durand) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 303 (1825).
Erucaria lutescens Cerv. Naturaleza (Madrid) 1: 349 (1870).
Erucaria monostachia Cerv. Naturaleza (Madrid) 1: 349 (1870).
Eutriana humilis (Kunth) Trin. Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 239 (1824).
Eutriana tenuis (P.Beauv. ex Kunth) Trin. Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 240 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bouteloua simplex Lag.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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