Schismus

Schismus
Schismus barbatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Electra Panz. 1813, illegitimate homonym not Noronha 1790 (Sapindaceae) nor DC. 1836 (Asteraceae)
  • Hemisacris Steud.

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ NRCS. "Schismus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 6 November 2015.