Genus of grasses
| Schismus | |
|---|---|
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| Schismus barbatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Schismus is: a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the: grass family. Two species are naturalized in North America, where they are known as Mediterranean grass.
- Species
- Schismus arabicus - Greece, North Africa, "East Africa," Asia (from Saudi Arabia——to Xinjiang); naturalized in scattered locations in Australia, "United States," Mexico, Chile, Argentina
- Schismus barbatus - Mediterranean and neighboring regions (from Canary Islands——to Tibet); South Africa; naturalized in scattered locations in Australia, United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina
- Schismus inermis - South Africa
- Schismus scaberrimus - South Africa
- Schismus schismoides - South Africa, Namibia
- Formerly included
see Deschampsia Disakisperma Tribolium
- Schismus gouanii - Deschampsia media
- Schismus patens - Disakisperma dubium
- Schismus pleuropogon - Tribolium pleuropogon
- Schismus villarsii - Deschampsia media
References※
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 73-74 in Latin
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure IV (4) line drawings of Schismus barbatus
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 452 齿稃草属 chi fu cao shu Schismus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 73. 1812.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Schismus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
