Schismus

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Schismus
Schismus arabicus.jpg
Schismus barbatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Schismus
P.Beauv.
Type species
Schismus marginatus
(syn of S. barbatus) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • ElectraPanz. 1813, illegitimate homonym not Noronha 1790 (Sapindaceae) nor DC. 1836 (Asteraceae)
  • HemisacrisSteud.

Schismus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] [5] Two species are naturalized in North America, where they are known as Mediterranean grass. [6]

Species [1]
Formerly included [1]

see Deschampsia Disakisperma Tribolium

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 73-74 in Latin
  3. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure IV (4) line drawings of Schismus barbatus
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 452 齿稃草属 chi fu cao shu Schismus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 73. 1812.
  6. ↑ "Schismus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 6 November 2015.


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