What is "cathestecum"

Cathestecum (common name false grama) is a genus of the North American plants in the grass family.

The name is sometimes misspelled as Cathestechum.

1. Cathestecum brevifolium Swallen - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States ( Pima County in Arizona)
2. Cathestecum erectum Vasey & Hack. - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States ( Big Bend region in Texas, southern Arizona)
3. Cathestecum prostratum J.Presl - Michoacán, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Puebla, Guerrero
4. Cathestecum varium Swallen - Puebla, Oaxaca

see Bouteloua

• Cathestecum multifidum - Bouteloua multifida
• Cathestecum stoloniferum - Bouteloua reederorum