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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Schizachyrium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are about 60 species worldwide (tropics) of which seven are native to southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Schizachyrium brevifolium

 

Schizachyrium exile

 

Schizachyrium jeffreysii

 

Schizachyrium rupestre

 

Schizachyrium sanguineum

 

Schizachyrium thollonii

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Schizachyrium ursulus