Schizachyrium
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Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.[1] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "lang".), meaning "to split," and Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "lang".), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.[2][3][4]
In the United States, members of the genus are commonly known as bluestems.[5]
Species
Species in the genus include:[6][7]
- Schizachyrium beckii Killeen - Bolivia
- Schizachyrium bemarivense A.Camus - Madagascar
- Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Buse – Serillo dulce - widespread in tropics
- Schizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Wooton & Standl. - USA (AZ NM TX), Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
- Schizachyrium claudopus (Chiov.) Chiov - Tanzania, Zaïre, Zambia
- Schizachyrium condensatum (Kunth) Nees – Colombian bluestem - West Indies, Latin America from central Mexico to Uruguay
- Schizachyrium crinizonatum S.T.Blake - Australia
- Schizachyrium cubense (Hack.) Nash - Cuba
- Schizachyrium delavayi (Hack.) Bor - China, Himalayas
- Schizachyrium delicatum Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium djalonicum Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea to Sierra Leone
- Schizachyrium dolosum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Schizachyrium exile (Hochst.) Pilg. - tropical + southern Africa; Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar
- Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus - southern China, Vietnam, Java, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Micronesia
- Schizachyrium gaumeri Nash - Yucatán Peninsula, Chiapas
- Schizachyrium gracile (Spreng.) Nash - West Indies, Guatemala, Chiapas, Florida
- Schizachyrium gracilipes (Hack.) A.Camus - southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
- Schizachyrium gresicola Jacq.-Fél - Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria
- Schizachyrium hatschbachii Peichoto - Brazil, northern Argentina
- Schizachyrium impressum (Hack.) A.Camus - Jammu & Kashmir
- Schizachyrium jeffreysii (Hack.) Stapf - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
- Schizachyrium kwiluense Vanderyst ex Robyns - Zaïre, Congo Republic
- Schizachyrium lomaense A.Camus - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast
- Schizachyrium lopollense (Rendle) Sales- Angola, Zambia, Mozambique
- Schizachyrium maclaudii (Jacq.-Fél.) S.T.Blake - West Africa
- Schizachyrium malacostachyum (J.Presl) Nash - Mesoamerica, Colombia, West Indies
- Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash – Gulf bluestem - USA (LA MS AL FL)
- Schizachyrium mexicanum (Hitchc.) A.Camus - Mexico
- Schizachyrium mitchellianum B.K.Simon - Western Australia
- Schizachyrium muelleri Nash - Veracruz
- Schizachyrium mukuluense Vanderyst - Zaïre
- Schizachyrium multinervosum Nash - Cuba
- Schizachyrium niveum (Swallen) Gould – Pinescrub bluestem - Florida, Georgia
- Schizachyrium nodulosum (Hack.) Stapf - western + central Africa
- Schizachyrium occultum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Schizachyrium pachyarthron C.A.Gardner - Australia
- Schizachyrium parvifolium (Hitchc.) Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba
- Schizachyrium penicillatum Jacq.-Fél - Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone
- Schizachyrium perplexum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Schizachyrium platyphyllum (Franch.) Stapf - Africa, Madagascar
- Schizachyrium pseudeulalia (Hosok.) S.T.Blake - Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, northern Australia, Caroline Is
- Schizachyrium pulchellum (D.Don ex Benth.) Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium radicosum Jacq.-Fél - Guinea
- Schizachyrium reedii (Hitchc. & Ekman) Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba
- Schizachyrium rhizomatum (Swallen) Gould – Florida little bluestem - Florida
- Schizachyrium ruderale Clayton - western Africa
- Schizachyrium rupestre (K.Schum.) Stapf - tropical Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
- Schizachyrium salzmannii (Trin. ex Steud.) Nash - Mexico, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, South America
- Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston – Crimson bluestem - tropical Africa, tropical Asia, New Guinea, Latin America, West Indies, USA (AZ NM TX FL GA AL)
- Schizachyrium scabriflorum (Rupr. ex Hack.) A.Camus - Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil
- Schizachyrium schweinfurthii (Hack.) Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium scintillans Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – Little bluestem - widespread in Canada + USA + Mexico
- Schizachyrium semitectum (Swallen) Reeder - Mexico, Guatemala
- Schizachyrium spicatum (Spreng.) Herter - Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum Nash - USA (MS AL GA FL NC SC)
- Schizachyrium sulcatum (Ekman) S.T.Blake - Colombia, Bolivia, western Brazil
- Schizachyrium tenerum Nees – Slender bluestem - USA (OK TX LA MS AL FL GA NC)
- Schizachyrium thollonii (Franch.) Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium urceolatum (Hack.) Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium yangambiense Germ. - Zaïre
Some species formerly included in Schizachyrum are now considered better suited to other genera: Andropogon, Dichanthium, Rottboellia, Sehima, Sphaerocaryum.[6]
References
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