title: Cathestecum
text: # 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
  