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Schizachyrium  Nees
Taxonomic Serial No.: 42069

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pithecurus Kunth
  
    Schizopogon Rchb. ex Spreng.
  
    Ystia Compère
  
  Common Name(s): bluestem
 
    little bluestem
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2010   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusSchizachyrium Nees – bluestem, little bluestem  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium beckii Killeen  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Büse – serillo dulce 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Wooton & Standl. – Texas bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium condensatum (Kunth) Nees – Colombian bluestem, bush beargrass, little bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium cubense (Hack.) Nash  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium gaumeri Nash  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium gracilipes (Hack.) A. Camus  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium hatschbachii Peichoto  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium maclaudii (Jacq.-Fél.) S.T. Blake  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium malacostachyum (J. Presl) Nash  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash – gulf bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium mexicanum (Hitchc.) A. Camus  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium microstachyum (Desv. ex Ham.) Roseng., B.R. Arrill. & Izag.  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium muelleri Nash  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium multinervosum Nash  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium niveum (Swallen) Gould – pinescrub bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium parvifolium (Hitchc.) Borhidi & Catasús  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium reedii (Hitchc. & Ekman) Borhidi & Catasús  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium rhizomatum (Swallen) Gould – Florida little bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium salzmannii (Trin. ex Steud.) Nash  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston – crimson bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium scabriflorum (Rupr. ex Hack.) A. Camus  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – little bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium semitectum (Swallen) Reeder  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium sericatum (Swallen) Gould – silky bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium spicatum (Spreng.) Herter  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium sulcatum (Ekman) S.T. Blake  
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium tenerum Nees – slender bluestem, slender little bluestem 
                                  SpeciesSchizachyrium villosum (Poir.) Veldkamp  
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Schizachyrium   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Schizachyrium   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Schizachyrium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Schizachyrium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Schizachyrium   
       
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