Poaceae
Schizachyrium

Schizachyrium condensatum (Kunth) Nees

First published in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 333 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico, S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, Hawaii, Queensland

Recorded in error in:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & Fonseca, R.M. (2017). Flora de Guerrero 75: 1-153. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (eds.) (1999). Ecology of the Chagos archipelago: 1-350. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2014 Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [5788] Brazil K001059153 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Hinton, G.B. [2413] Mexico K000476355 Yes
Jul 1, 1981 Glaziou, A.F.M. [16582] Brazil K001059173 Yes
Jul 1, 1981 Dusén, P. [7834] Brazil K001059160 Yes
May 1, 1981 Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K000632940 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1981 Burchell, W.J. [808] Brazil K001059180 Yes
May 1, 1981 Riedel [209] Brazil K000307893 Type Yes
May 1, 1981 Riedel [209] Brazil K000307892 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1981 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001059186 Yes
Jun 1, 1931 Little Jr., E.L. [8562] Colombia K001491746 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [1596] Brazil K001059181 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A. [15770] Brazil K000004658 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [18651] Brazil K001059169 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001059158 Yes
Brazil K000632941 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tangalin, N. [3204] United States K001765272 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4269] Brazil K001059174 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [18656] Brazil K001059168 Yes
Imaguire, N. [3009] Brazil K001059154 Yes
Clayton, W.D.; Eiten, G. [4693] Brazil K001059175 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22371] Brazil K001059178 Yes
Thomas, W.W.; Carvalho, A.; Amorim, A.; Jardim, J.; Santana, S. [10032] Brazil K000004657 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.D [1627] Brazil K001059163 Yes
Lhotzky [s.n.] Brazil K000004653 Type Yes
Davidse, G.; Rammamoorthy, T.P.; Vital, D.M. [12221] Brazil K000004662 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [6965-2] Brazil K001059183 Yes
Castellanos, A. [22655] Brazil K001059190 Yes
Cosson [690] Martinique K002287940 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [6965-2] Brazil K001059182 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.D [4520] Brazil K001059166 Yes
Hartweg [1460] Ecuador K000632929 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noblick, L.R. [2098] Brazil K000004655 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4628] Brazil K001059176 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [20073] Brazil K001059172 Yes
Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5857] Brazil K000004656 Yes
Salzmann, P. [0] Brazil K000004660 No
Wilson, G.; Aikinson, W.J. [J38] Australia K002286086 No
Clayton, W.D. [4439] Brazil K001059157 Yes
Hartweg [1460] Ecuador K000632928 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001059188 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4414] Brazil K001059156 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001059185 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001059187 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000307894 Type Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000004654 Type Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22377] Brazil K001059179 Yes
Alkinson, W.T.; Wilson, G. [J36] Australia K002286087 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [16582] Brazil K001059184 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.D; Saito, Y. [1603] Brazil K001059164 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.; Saito, Y. [1501] Brazil K001059165 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001059177 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.; Kuniyoshi, Y.S. [2409] Brazil K001059167 Yes
Bongard [s.n.] Brazil K001059159 Yes
Hartweg [1459] Ecuador K000632927 Unknown Type Material Yes
Panama K001491732 Yes
Panama K001491733 Yes
Panama K001491734 Yes
Venezuela K001491735 Yes
Venezuela K001491736 Yes
Venezuela K001491737 Yes
Venezuela K001491738 Yes
Venezuela K001491739 Yes
Venezuela K001491740 Yes
Venezuela K001491741 Yes
n/a K001491742 Yes
n/a K001491743 Yes
n/a K001491744 Yes
Colombia K001491745 Yes
Colombia K001491747 Yes
Colombia K001491748 Yes
Colombia K001491749 Yes
Colombia K001491750 Yes
Colombia K001491751 Yes
Colombia K001491752 Yes
Colombia K001491753 Yes
Colombia K001491754 Yes
Colombia K001491755 Yes
Colombia K001491756 Yes
Colombia K001491757 Yes
Colombia K001491758 Yes
Colombia K001491759 Yes
Colombia K001491760 Yes
Colombia K001491761 Yes
Colombia K001491762 Yes
Colombia K001491763 Yes
Colombia K001491764 Yes
Colombia K001491765 Yes
Colombia K001491766 Yes
Colombia K001491767 Yes
Colombia K001491768 Yes
Colombia K001491769 Yes
Ecuador K001491770 Yes
Ecuador K001491771 Yes
Ecuador K001491772 Yes
Ecuador K001491773 Yes
Ecuador K001491774 Yes
Ecuador K001491775 Yes
Ecuador K001491776 Yes
Ecuador K001491777 Yes
Ecuador K001491778 Yes
Ecuador K001491779 Yes
Ecuador K001491780 Yes
Ecuador K001491781 Yes
Ecuador K001491782 Yes
Ecuador K001491783 Yes
Ecuador K001491784 Yes
Ecuador K001491785 Yes
Ecuador K001491786 Yes
Ecuador K001491787 Yes
Ecuador K001491788 Yes
Ecuador K001491789 Yes
Ecuador K001491790 Yes
Ecuador K001491791 Yes
Ecuador K001491792 Yes
Ecuador K001491793 Yes
Ecuador K001491794 Yes
Ecuador K001491795 Yes
Peru K001491796 Yes
Peru K001491797 Yes
Peru K001491798 Yes
Peru K001491799 Yes
Peru K001491800 Yes
Peru K001491801 Yes
Peru K001491802 Yes
Peru K001491803 Yes
Peru K001491804 Yes
Peru K001491805 Yes
Peru K001491806 Yes
Peru K001491807 Yes
Peru K001491808 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Balans, B. [272] Paraguay Schizachyrium bimucronatum K000632936 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Pereira, M.L.B. [399] Brazil Schizachyrium lactiflorum K001059162 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [9051] Brazil Schizachyrium lactiflorum K001059161 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Hatschbach, G.; Schinini, A.; Silva, J.M. [58707] Brazil Schizachyrium lactiflorum K001059192 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0