Schoenefeldia

Schoenefeldia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Schoenefeldia
Kunth (1829)
Species:
S. gracilis
Binomial name
Schoenefeldia gracilis
Kunth (1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chloris myosuroides Hook.f. (1896)
  • Chloris pallida (Edgew.) Hook.f. (1896), nom. illeg.
  • Schoenefeldia nutans Steud. (1854)
  • Schoenefeldia pallida Edgew. (1853)
  • Schoenefeldia ramosa Trin. (1836)
  • Schoenefeldia stricta Steud. (1854)

Schoenefeldia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6] It contains a single species, Schoenefeldia gracilis, an annual grass native to the Sahara and Sahel in Africa, to Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and to India and Pakistan.[1]

  1. ^ a b Schoenefeldia gracilis Kunth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  2. ^ Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 86-87 generic description in Latin
  3. ^ Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 2: 283 specific description in Latin, commentary in French
  4. ^ Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées plate 53 line drawing of Schoenefeldia gracilis
  5. ^ Tropicos, Schoenefeldia Kunth
  6. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora