Schizachyrium
Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words σχίζειν, meaning "to split," and ἄχυρον, 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 Killeen - Bolivia
- Schizachyrium bemarivense A.Camus - Madagascar
- Schizachyrium brevifolium Nees ex Buse - Serillo dulce - widespread in tropics
- Schizachyrium cirratum Wooton & Standl. - USA, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
- Schizachyrium claudopus Chiov - Tanzania, Zaïre, Zambia
- Schizachyrium condensatum Nees - Colombian bluestem - West Indies, Latin America from central Mexico to Uruguay
- Schizachyrium crinizonatum S.T.Blake - Australia
- Schizachyrium cubense Nash - Cuba
- Schizachyrium delavayi 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 Pilg. - tropical + southern Africa; Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar
- Schizachyrium fragile A.Camus - southern China, Vietnam, Java, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Micronesia
- Schizachyrium gaumeri Nash - Yucatán Peninsula, Chiapas
- Schizachyrium gracile Nash - West Indies, Guatemala, Chiapas, Florida
- Schizachyrium gracilipes A.Camus - southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
- Schizachyrium gresicola Jacq.-Fél - Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria
- Schizachyrium hatschbachii Peichoto - Brazil, northern Argentina
- Schizachyrium impressum A.Camus - Jammu & Kashmir
- Schizachyrium jeffreysii 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 Sales- Angola, Zambia, Mozambique
- Schizachyrium maclaudii S.T.Blake - West Africa
- Schizachyrium malacostachyum Nash - Mesoamerica, Colombia, West Indies
- Schizachyrium maritimum Nash - Gulf bluestem - USA
- Schizachyrium mexicanum A.Camus - Mexico
- Schizachyrium mitchellianum B.K.Simon - Western Australia
- Schizachyrium muelleri Nash - Veracruz
- Schizachyrium mukuluense Vanderyst - Zaïre
- Schizachyrium multinervosum Nash - Cuba
- Schizachyrium niveum Gould - Pinescrub bluestem - Florida, Georgia
- Schizachyrium nodulosum Stapf - western + central Africa
- Schizachyrium occultum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Schizachyrium pachyarthron C.A.Gardner - Australia
- Schizachyrium parvifolium Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba
- Schizachyrium penicillatum Jacq.-Fél - Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone
- Schizachyrium perplexum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Schizachyrium platyphyllum Stapf - Africa, Madagascar
- Schizachyrium pseudeulalia S.T.Blake - Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, northern Australia, Caroline Is
- Schizachyrium pulchellum Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium radicosum Jacq.-Fél - Guinea
- Schizachyrium reedii Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba
- Schizachyrium rhizomatum Gould - Florida little bluestem - Florida
- Schizachyrium ruderale Clayton - western Africa
- Schizachyrium rupestre Stapf - tropical Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
- Schizachyrium salzmannii Nash - Mexico, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, South America
- Schizachyrium sanguineum Alston - Crimson bluestem - tropical Africa, tropical Asia, New Guinea, Latin America, West Indies, USA
- Schizachyrium scabriflorum A.Camus - Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil
- Schizachyrium schweinfurthii Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium scintillans Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium scoparium Nash - Little bluestem - widespread in Canada + USA + Mexico
- Schizachyrium semitectum Reeder - Mexico, Guatemala
- Schizachyrium spicatum Herter - Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum Nash - USA
- Schizachyrium sulcatum S.T.Blake - Colombia, Bolivia, western Brazil
- Schizachyrium tenerum Nees - Slender bluestem - USA
- Schizachyrium thollonii Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium urceolatum Stapf - tropical Africa
- Schizachyrium yangambiense Germ. - Zaïre