Steinchisma Explained

Steinchisma is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Americas but a few of them naturalized in Africa.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species

• Steinchisma cupreum (Hitchc. & Chase) W.V.Br. - Durango, Jalisco, Zacatecas, México State, Puebla, Veracruz, Querétaro
• Steinchisma decipiens (Nees ex Trin.) W.V.Br. - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
• Steinchisma exiguiflorum (Griseb.) W.V.Br. - Bahamas, Greater Antilles
• Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash - southeastern + south-central United States (New Mexico to Virginia); Latin America (Tamaulipas to Uruguay); naturalized in KwaZulu-Natal
  • Steinchisma laxum (Sw.) Zuloaga - from Florida + Durango to Argentina incl. Galápagos; naturalized in tropical West Africa, Assam, Ascension Island Steinchisma spathellosum (Döll) Renvoize - Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sol, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Cordillera, Paraguarí), Argentina (Buenos Aires, D.F., Misiones, Entre Ríos)
• Steinchisma stenophyllum (Hack.) Zuloaga & Morrone - Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas), Suriname, Brazil (Bahia, Pará, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso)

Notes and References

1. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1830. Bulletin Botanique ou Collection de Notices Originales et d'Extraits des Ouvrages Botaniques. Geneve, Switzerland 1: 220
2. Simon, B. K. 1999. Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash, the correct name for Fasciculochloa sparshottiorum B.K. Simon & C.M. Weiller. Austrobaileya 5(3): 585–586.
3. Simon, B. K. 2003. Steinchisma laxa (Sw.) Zuloaga, the correct name for Cliffordiochloa parvispiculata B.K. Simon. Austrobaileya 6(3): 561–562.
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27997239#page/641/mode/1up Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, A. S. Vega & L. M. Giussani. 1998. Revisión y análisis cladístico de Steinchisma (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(4): 631–656
5. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00605.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Steinchisma Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps