Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buffalo grass	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 432 (1859).
Anthephora axilliflora Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 111 (1854).
Bouteloua mutica Griseb. ex E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 135 (1886), pro syn.
Bulbilis dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 190 (1819).
Calanthera dactyloides (Nutt.) Kunth Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 18 (1856).
Casiostega dactyloides (Nutt.) E.Fourn. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 470 (1876).
Casiostega hookeri Rupr. ex E.Fourn. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 471 (1876), pro syn.
Casiostega humilis Rupr. ex Munro in G.Bentham, Pl. Hartw.: 347 (1857).
Melica mexicana Link ex E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 135 (1886), pro syn.
Sesleria dactyloides Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 65 (1818).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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