Schismus Explained

Schismus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} 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 includedsee Deschampsia Disakisperma Tribolium

• Schismus gouanii - Deschampsia media
• Schismus patens - Disakisperma dubium
• Schismus pleuropogon - Tribolium pleuropogon
• Schismus villarsii - Deschampsia media

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394152#page/157/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 73-74
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394152#page/300/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure IV (4)
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00563.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=129485 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 452 齿稃草属 chi fu cao shu Schismus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 73. 1812.