Schizachyrium gracile

Schizachyrium gracile

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Schizachyrium
Species: Schizachyrium gracile

Name

Schizachyrium gracile (Spreng.) Nash in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 60 (1903).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Andropogon gracilis Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 284 (1824).
• Homotypic
  • Sorghum gracile (Spreng.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791 (1891).
  • Schizachyrium scoparium subvar. gracile (Spreng.) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 229 (1960).
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon juncifolius Desv. in W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 9 (1825).
  • Andropogon gracilis var. firmior Hitchc., Misc. Publ. U.S.D.A. 243: 389 (1936).
  • Andropogon sericatus Swallen, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 355 (1941).
  • Schizachyrium sericatum (Swallen) Gould, Brittonia 19: 73 (1967).
  • Schizachyrium gracile var. firmius (Hitchc.) J.Jiménez Alm., Anuario Acad. Ci. Republ. Dominic., Bot. 1(1): 111 (1975).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is. Regional: Central America Guatemala, Haiti Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Florida Regional: Mexico Mexico Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• {{|Nash}} in J.K.Small, 1903. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 60

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Schizachyrium gracile in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Schizachyrium gracile. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Schizachyrium gracile. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Schizachyrium gracile. Published online. Accessed: September 23 2022.

Vernacular names

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