Schizachyrium

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Schizachyrium
Schizachyrium scoparium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Schizachyrium
Nees[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Pithecurus Kunth, nom. inval.
Schizopogon Rchb. ex Spreng.[1]

Schizachyrium is a genus of grasses in the Poaceae family. The name is derived from the Greek words σχίζειν (schizein), meaning "to split," and ἄχυρον (achyron), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.[2] Members of the genus are commonly known as bluestems.[3]

Selected species

  • Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Buse – Serillo Dulce
  • Schizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Wooton & Standl.
  • Schizachyrium condensatum (Kunth) Nees – Colombian Bluestem
  • Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus
  • Schizachyrium gaumeri Nash
  • Schizachyrium gracilipes (Hack.) A.Camus
  • Schizachyrium hatschbachii Peichoto
  • Schizachyrium imberbe (Hack.) A.Camus
  • Schizachyrium kelleri (Hack.) Stapf
  • Schizachyrium maclaudii (Jacq.-Fél.) S.T.Blake
  • Schizachyrium malacostachyum (J.Presl) Nash
  • Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash – Gulf Bluestem
  • Schizachyrium mexicanum (Hitchc.) A.Camus
  • Schizachyrium microstachyum (Ham.) Roseng. et al.
  • Schizachyrium muelleri Nash
  • Schizachyrium multinervosum Nash
  • Schizachyrium niveum (Swallen) Gould – Pinescrub Bluestem
  • Schizachyrium pachyarthron C.A.Gardner
  • Schizachyrium paniculatum (Kunth) Herter
  • Schizachyrium parvifolium (Hitchc.) Borhidi & Catasús
  • Schizachyrium rhizomatum (Swallen) Gould – Florida Little Bluestem
  • Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston – Crimson Bluestem
  • Schizachyrium scabriflorum (Rupr. ex Hack.) A.Camus
  • Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – Little Bluestem
    • S. scoparium subsp. divergens (Hack.) Gandhi & Smeins
    • S. scoparium subsp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
    • S. scoparium subsp. neomexicanum (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
    • S. scoparium subsp. scoparium
  • Schizachyrium semitectum (Swallen) Reeder
  • Schizachyrium sericatum (Swallen) Gould – Silky Bluestem
  • Schizachyrium spicatum (Spreng.) Herter
  • Schizachyrium stoloniferum Nash
  • Schizachyrium tenerum Nees – Slender Bluestem
  • Schizachyrium villosum (Poir.) Veldkamp[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Schizachyrium Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 
  2. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Volume III P-Z. CRC Press. p. 1977. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Schizachyrium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 
  4. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Schizachyrium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 

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