Schizachyrium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Schizachyrium
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Schizachyrium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Schizachyrium
Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words σχίζειν (schizein), meaning "to split," and ἄχυρον (achyron), 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.
...Schizachyrium in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Herfsgrasse
- English
- bluestems
- English
- little bluestems and allies
- English
- Autumn Grasses
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Schizachyrium brevifolium
- Schizachyrium cirratum
- Schizachyrium condensatum
- Schizachyrium delavayi
- Schizachyrium delicatum
- Schizachyrium djalonicum
- Schizachyrium exile
- Schizachyrium fragile
- Schizachyrium gaumeri
- Schizachyrium glaziovii
- Schizachyrium gracile
- Schizachyrium gresicola
- Schizachyrium jeffreysii
- Schizachyrium littorale
- Schizachyrium maclaudii
- Schizachyrium malacostachyum
- Schizachyrium maritimum
- Schizachyrium mexicanum
- Schizachyrium microstachyum
- Schizachyrium muelleri
- Schizachyrium niveum
- Schizachyrium nodulosum
- Schizachyrium parvifolium
- Schizachyrium penicillatum
- Schizachyrium platyphyllum
- Schizachyrium pseudeulalia
- Schizachyrium radicosum
- Schizachyrium rhizomatum
- Schizachyrium ruderale
- Schizachyrium rupestre
- Schizachyrium salzmannii
- Schizachyrium sanguineum
- Schizachyrium schweinfurthii
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- Schizachyrium semitectum
- Schizachyrium spicatum
- Schizachyrium stoloniferum
- Schizachyrium tenerum
- Schizachyrium urceolatum
- Schizachyrium yangambiense


























































































































































