Schismus

Schismus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] Two species are naturalized in North America, where they are known as Mediterranean grass.[6]

Species[1]

• 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[1]

Schismus
Schismus barbatus
Scientific classification
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)[1] P.Beauv.
Synonyms[1]
Electra Panz. 1813, illegitimate homonym not Noronha 1790 (Sapindaceae) nor DC. 1836 (Asteraceae) Hemisacris Steud.

see Deschampsia Disakisperma Tribolium

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

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 73-74 in Latin
3. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure IV (4) line drawings of Schismus barbatus
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 452 齿稃草属 chi fu cao shu Schismus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 73. 1812.
6. "Schismus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 November 2015.