PLANTS Profile for Schizachyrium sanguineum var. sanguineum (crimson bluestem)

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Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum
crimson bluestem

Symbol:

SCSAS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Line Drawing of Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum

Andropogon semiberbis

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum

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Synonyms:
Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum

	ANSE8	Andropogon semiberbis (Nees) Kunth
	ROSA4	Rottboellia sanguinea Retz.
	SCSE7	Schizachyrium semiberbe Nees

Distribution:
Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Schizachyrium, 2 varieties in Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston

Classification:
Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Schizachyrium Nees – little bluestem
Species	Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston – crimson bluestem
Variety	Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum – crimson bluestem

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Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530263.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:15 AM CDT