Bothriochloa pertusa

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Family:POACEAE
Species:Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
Common Name:Pitted Beard Grass
Habitat:Roadsides, patures, and fields.
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:Pitted Beard Grass is an introduced herbaceous perennial in the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to Asia, occurring from Pakistan east to China and south to Indonesia and Malaysia. It has been widely introduced in other areas of Asia, the Americas, Australia, and on Pacific islands. In Alabama it can be found in the central portion of the state. Pitted Beard Grass occurs on roadsides, in pastures, and in disturbed urban areas. It is a stoloniferous perennial. The stolons are pinkish in color, extensively creeping, and rooting at the nodes. The stems are erect, hollow, geniculate, and 2-3 feet in height. The nodes are bearded. The leaves are mostly basal, linear, entire, and primarily glabrous but with scattered, elongate, papillose-based hairs along the margins. Flowers are produced in terminal sub-digitate racemes. There are 3-12 reddish-purple racemes per inflorescence. The rachis, internodes, and pedicels are ciliate. The spikelets are sessile with 1 or 2 pits on the upper half of the lower glume. The fruit is a grain. Pitted Beard Grass has been introduced accidentally and, in some cases, deliberately for use as a forage grass, and for erosion control. It is considered an invasive species or noxious weed in many countries. This species was first recorded as a naturalized element of the Alabama flora in 2013 based on several recent specimens by different collectors. [Diamond, A.R., J.K. England, & B. Dykes. 2013. New to Alabama: Pitted bluestem, Bothriochloa pertusa (Poaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-40: 1-5.]—A. Diamond
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Bothriochloa
Species Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus - Pitted Beard Grass

Citation

Citation BOTHRIOCHLOA PERTUSA (Linnaeus) A. Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 76: 164. 1931.
Basionym: Holcus pertusus Linnaeus 1771.
Type: INDIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1212.16). Lectotypified by Clayton, Kew Bull. 32: 1-4. 1977.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Amphilophis pertusa Amphilophis pertusa (Linnaeus) Stapf, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 175. 1917.BASIONYM: Holcus pertusus Linnaeus 1771. 
Andropogon pertusus Andropogon pertusus (Linnaeus) Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 922. 1806.BASIONYM: Holcus pertusus Linnaeus 1771. 
Andropogon pertusus var. genuinus Andropogon pertusus (Linnaeus) Willdenow, var. genuinus Hackel, in Alph. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 480. 1889, nom. inadmiss.BASIONYM: Andropogon pertusus (Linnaeus) Willdenow 1806; Holcus pertusus Linnaeus 1771. 
Dichanthium ischaemum subvar. pertusum Dichanthium ischaemum (Linnaeus) Roberty, subvar. pertusum (Linnaeus) Roberty, Boissiera 6: 160. 1960.BASIONYM: Holcus pertusus Linnaeus 1771 
Dichanthium pertusum Dichanthium pertusum (Linnaeus) Clayton, Kew Bull. 32: 4. 1977.BASIONYM: Holcus pertusus Linnaeus 1771. 
Holcus pertusus Holcus pertusus Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 2: 301. 1771. TYPE: INDIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1212.16). Lectotypified by Clayton, Kew Bull. 32: 1-4. 1977.
Lepeocercis pertusa Lepeocercis pertusa (Linnaeus) Hasskarl, Pl. Jav. Rar. 52. 1848.BASIONYM: Holcus pertusus Linnaeus 1771 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bullock, Butler, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Pickens

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, SAMF, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2011 - 2011

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0015490 Pickens 28 Oct 2012 Bryson, Charles T.
23882		 UWAL
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
TROY000035698 Montgomery 07 Sep 2012 Alvin R. Diamond
23300		 TROY
Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
TROY000035708 Macon 05 Oct 2012 Alvin R. Diamond
23481		 TROY
Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
UWAL0015491 Pickens 28 Oct 2012 Bryson, Charles T.
23883		 UWAL
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
UWAL0014944 Macon 05 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23481		 UWAL
Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
UWAL0014163 Bullock 12 Oct 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1354		 UWAL
Botthriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
TROY000038926 Lowndes 18 Sep 2013 Alvin R. Diamond
24573		 TROY
Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
TROY000039345 Lowndes 27 Sep 2013 Alvin R. Diamond
24594		 TROY
Borthriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
TROY000038209 Bullock 12 Oct 2012 Bailee Dykes
1354		 TROY
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
TROY000043608 Marengo 01 Oct 2011 J. Kevin England
3195		 TROY
Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
UWAL0014964 Montgomery 07 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23300		 UWAL
Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
TROY000039346 Butler 27 Sep 2013 Alvin R. Diamond
24583		 TROY
Borthriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
AUA000036759 Pickens 28 Oct 2012 BRYSON, CHARLES T.
23882		 AUA
BOTHRIOCHLOA PERTUSA (L.) A. CAMUS
UWAL0015821 Lowndes 18 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24573		 UWAL
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
UWAL0015807 Butler 27 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24583		 UWAL
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
AUA000030083 Pickens 28 Oct 2012 BRYSON, CHARLES T.
23885		 AUA
BOTHRIOCHLOA PERTUSA (L.) A. CAMUS
UWAL0013598 Marengo 01 Oct 2011 England, J. Kevin
3195		 UWAL
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
SAMF0003513 Bullock 12 Oct 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1354		 SAMF
Bothriochloa pertusa (Linnaeus) A. Camus
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