Cathestecum
# 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.

## Species

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

## formerly included

see Bouteloua

* Cathestecum multifidum - Bouteloua multifida
* Cathestecum stoloniferum - Bouteloua reederorum
