Schizachne
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| (unranked): | Monocots
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| Genus: | Schizachne Hack.
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| Species: | S. purpurascens
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| Binomial name | |
| Schizachne purpurascens (Torr.) Swallen
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| Type species | |
| Schizachne fauriei (syn of S. purpurascens ssp. callosa)[1] Hack.[2]
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Schizachne is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The only accepted species is Schizachne purpurascens, commonly called false melic.[1][9][10] Three subspecies are recognized:
- Schizachne purpurascens subsp. callosa (Turcz. ex Griseb.) T.Koyama & Kawano – European and Asiatic Russia, China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Yunnan),[11] Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan
- Schizachne purpurascens subsp. capillipes (Kom.) Tzvelev – Kamchatka
- Schizachne purpurascens subsp. purpurascens – Canada (all 10 provinces plus Yukon + NWT), United States (Alaska, Rocky Mountain States, Great Lakes Region, Northeast)[12]
Melica smithii was formerly included in the genus, as Schizachne smithii.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hackel, Eduard 1909. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7: 322-323 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Tropicos, Schizachne Hack.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok
- ^ Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan
- ^ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=129507
- ^ Kitagawa, Masao 1979. Neo-Lineamenta Florae Manshuricae 109
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture plants profile, Schizachne purpurascens (Torr.) Swallen, false melic
- ^ The Plant List search for Schizachne
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 223 裂稃茅 lie fu mao Schizachne purpurascens (Torrey) Swallen subsp. callosa (Turczaninow ex Grisebach) T. Koyama & Kawano, Can. J. Bot. 42: 862. 1964
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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