Skip to content
Vinony
English
EnglishDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsTiếng ViệtTürkçeРусский한국어中文
Schizachne

Schizachne · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online

EntityQ1820756· pop 9· linked from 14 articles

Schizachne

Sign in to save

Schizachne is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family. The only accepted species is Schizachne purpurascens, commonly called false melic. 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), 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 Mountai

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
52
With media
47
Family
Poaceae
Collections
USF, COCO, PAC, WTU, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, VT
Recorded in
Honduras, United States, China, Canada
iDigBio →

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poaceae
Image
Schizachne purpurascens flowers 001.JPG
Show 6 more facts
taxon name
Schizachne
Commons category
Schizachne
taxon rank
genus
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10854
topic's main category
Category:Schizachne
taxon common name
裂俘茅属
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

1 sections
Contents
  • References

Schizachne is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family. The only accepted species is Schizachne purpurascens, commonly called false melic. 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), 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)

Melica smithii was formerly included in the genus, as Schizachne smithii.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schizachne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)

Available in 8 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0