''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread

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of plants in the

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. The name is derived from the

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words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States, members of the genus are commonly known as bluestems.

Species

Species in the genus include: * ''

Schizachyrium beckii ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' 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 ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Hack.) Nash - Cuba * '' Schizachyrium delavayi'' (Hack.) Bor - China, Himalayas * ''

Schizachyrium delicatum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Stapf - tropical Africa * ''

Schizachyrium djalonicum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea to Sierra Leone * '' Schizachyrium dolosum'' S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland * ''

Schizachyrium exile ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Hochst.) Pilg. - tropical + southern Africa; Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar * ''

Schizachyrium fragile ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (R.Br.) A.Camus - southern China, Vietnam, Java, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Micronesia * ''

Schizachyrium gaumeri ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Nash - Yucatán Peninsula, Chiapas * ''

Schizachyrium gracile ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Spreng.) Nash - West Indies, Guatemala, Chiapas, Florida * ''

Schizachyrium gracilipes ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Hack.) A.Camus - southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina * ''

Schizachyrium gresicola ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Jacq.-Fél - Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria * ''

Schizachyrium hatschbachii ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Peichoto - Brazil, northern Argentina * ''

Schizachyrium impressum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Hack.) A.Camus - Jammu & Kashmir * ''

Schizachyrium jeffreysii ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Hack.) Stapf - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga * ''

Schizachyrium kwiluense ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United State ...

'' Vanderyst ex Robyns - Zaïre, Congo Republic * ''

Schizachyrium lomaense ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' A.Camus - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast * ''

Schizachyrium lopollense ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Rendle) Sales- Angola, Zambia, Mozambique * '' Schizachyrium maclaudii'' (Jacq.-Fél.) S.T.Blake - West Africa * ''

Schizachyrium malacostachyum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (J.Presl) Nash - Mesoamerica, Colombia, West Indies * ''

Schizachyrium maritimum ''Schizachyrium maritimum'' is a species of grass known by the common name Gulf bluestem. It is native to the Gulf Coast of the United States, where its distribution extends from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.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 ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Swallen) Gould – Pinescrub bluestem - Florida, Georgia * ''

Schizachyrium nodulosum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Hack.) Stapf - western + central Africa * ''

Schizachyrium occultum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland * ''

Schizachyrium pachyarthron ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' C.A.Gardner - Australia * '' Schizachyrium parvifolium'' (Hitchc.) Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba * ''

Schizachyrium penicillatum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Jacq.-Fél - Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone * ''

Schizachyrium perplexum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' 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 ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (D.Don ex Benth.) Stapf - tropical Africa * '' Schizachyrium radicosum'' Jacq.-Fél - Guinea * '' Schizachyrium reedii'' (Hitchc. & Ekman) Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba * ''

Schizachyrium rhizomatum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Swallen) Gould – Florida little bluestem - Florida * ''

Schizachyrium ruderale ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Clayton - western Africa * '' Schizachyrium rupestre'' (K.Schum.) Stapf - tropical Africa, KwaZulu-Natal * ''

Schizachyrium salzmannii ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (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 ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Rupr. ex Hack.) A.Camus - Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil * ''

Schizachyrium schweinfurthii ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Hack.) Stapf - tropical Africa * '' Schizachyrium scintillans'' Stapf - tropical Africa * ''

Schizachyrium scoparium ''Schizachyrium scoparium'', commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a species of North American prairie grass native to most of the contiguous United States (except California, Nevada, and Oregon) as well as a small area north of t ...

'' (Michx.) Nash – Little bluestem - widespread in Canada + USA + Mexico * '' Schizachyrium semitectum'' (Swallen) Reeder - Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Schizachyrium spicatum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Spreng.) Herter - Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil * ''

Schizachyrium stoloniferum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' Nash - USA (MS AL GA FL NC SC) * ''

Schizachyrium sulcatum ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

'' (Ekman) S.T.Blake - Colombia, Bolivia, western Brazil * ''

Schizachyrium tenerum ''Schizachyrium tenerum'' is a species of grass known by the common name slender little bluestem, or slender bluestem. It is native to the Americas, where it occurs in North, Central, and South America.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 ''Andropogon'' ( common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands. Over 100 spec ...

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Dichanthium ''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. Some species have become naturalized in the Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively cal ...

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Rottboellia ''Rottboellia'' (commonly called itch grass) is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797). ; Species * ''Rottboellia cochinchin ...

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Sehima ''Sehima'' is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the grass family.Sphaerocaryum''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2708217 Poaceae genera Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of Oceania Grasses of North America Grasses of South America Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck