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.
Species
Species in the genus include:
Schizachyrium beckii Killeen - Bolivia
Schizachyrium bemarivense A.Camus - Madagascar
Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Buse – Serillo dulce - widespread in tropics
Schizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Wooton & Standl. - USA (AZ NM TX), Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
Schizachyrium claudopus (Chiov.) Chiov - Tanzania, Zaïre, Zambia
Schizachyrium condensatum (Kunth) Nees – Colombian bluestem - West Indies, Latin America from central Mexico to Uruguay
Schizachyrium crinizonatum S.T.Blake - Australia
Schizachyrium cubense (Hack.) Nash - Cuba
Schizachyrium delavayi (Hack.) Bor - China, Himalayas
Schizachyrium delicatum Stapf - tropical Africa
Schizachyrium djalonicum Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea to Sierra Leone
Schizachyrium dolosum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland
Schizachyrium exile (Hochst.) Pilg. - tropical + southern Africa; Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar
Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus - southern China, Vietnam, Java, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Micronesia
Schizachyrium gaumeri Nash - Yucatán Peninsula, Chiapas
Schizachyrium gracile (Spreng.) Nash - West Indies, Guatemala, Chiapas, Florida
Schizachyrium gracilipes (Hack.) A.Camus - southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
Schizachyrium gresicola Jacq.-Fél - Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria
Schizachyrium hatschbachii Peichoto - Brazil, northern Argentina
Schizachyrium impressum (Hack.) A.Camus - Jammu & Kashmir
Schizachyrium jeffreysii (Hack.) Stapf - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Schizachyrium kwiluense Vanderyst ex Robyns - Zaïre, Congo...
