Schizachyrium
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Schizachyrium

bluestem
grass
serillo dulce

Hierarchical position of the Genus Schizachyrium

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Familia  Gramineae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Schizachyrium Nees
common name: little bluestem
  

Named members of the Genus Schizachyrium

1
   Species  brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex B�se
common name: serillo dulce
2
   Species  cirratum (Hack.) Woot. & Standl.
common name: Texas bluestem
3
   Species  condensatum (Kunth) Nees
common name: Colombian bluestem
4
   Species  domingense (Spreng. ex J.A. Schultes) Nash
syn. Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum
5
   Species  feense (Fourn.) A. Camus
syn. Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum
6
   Species  gracile (Spreng.) Nash
syn. Andropogon gracilis
7
   Species  hirtiflorum Nees
syn. Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum
8
   Species  littorale (Nash) Bickn.
common name: shore little bluestem
9
   Species  maritimum (Chapman) Nash
common name: gulf bluestem
10
   Species  niveum (Swallen) Gould
common name: pinescrub bluestem
11
   Species  praematurum (Fern.) C.F. Reed
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
12
   Species  rhizomatum (Swallen) Gould
common name: Florida little bluestem
13
   Species  sanguineum (Retz.) Alston
 
14
   Varietas  brevipedicellatum (Beal) Hatch
syn. Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum
15
   Varietas  hirtiflorum (Nees) Hatch
common name: crimson bluestem
16
   Varietas  oligostachyum (Chapman) Hatch
syn. Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum
17
   Varietas  sanguineum
common name: crimson bluestem
18
   Species  scoparium (Michx.) Nash
common name: prairie beard grass, little bluestem grass
  
 
19
   Subspecies  divergens (Hack.) Gandhi & Smeins
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergens
20
   Varietas  divergens (Hack.) Gould
common name: little bluestem
21
   Varietas  frequens (F.T. Hubbard) Gould
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
22
   Subspecies  littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
syn. Schizachyrium littorale
23
   Varietas  littorale (Nash) Gould
syn. Schizachyrium littorale
24
   Subspecies  neomexicanum (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
25
   Varietas  neomexicanum (Nash) Gould
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
26
   Varietas  polycladum (Scribn. & Ball) C.F. Reed
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
27
   Varietas  scoparium
common name: little bluestem
28
   Varietas  stoloniferum (Nash) J. Wipff
common name: creeping bluestem
29
   Varietas  virile (Shinners) Gould
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergens
30
   Species  semiberbe Nees
syn. Schizachyrium sanguineum var. sanguineum
31
   Species  sericatum (Swallen) Gould
syn. Andropogon gracilis
32
   Species  spadiceum (Swallen) J. Wipff
common name: honey bluestem
33
   Species  stoloniferum Nash
 
34
   Varietas  wolfei DeSelm
syn. Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
35
   Species  tenerum Nees
common name: slender little bluestem

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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