Schismus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 73-74 in LatinPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure IV (4) line drawings of Schismus barbatusGrassbase - The World Online Grass FloraFlora of China Vol. 22 Page 452 齿稃草属 chi fu cao shu Schismus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 73. 1812. Two species are naturalized in North America, where they are known as Mediterranean grass.
Species Schismus arabicus - Greece, North Africa, East Africa, Asia (from Saudi Arabia to Xinjiang); naturalized in scattered locations in Australia, United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina Schismus barbatus - Mediterranean and neighboring regions (from Canary Islands to Tibet); South Africa; naturalized in scattered locations in Australia, United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina Schismus inermis - South Africa Schismus scaberrimus - South Africa Schismus schismoides - South Africa, Namibia
Formerly included see Deschampsia Disakisperma Tribolium Schismus gouanii - Deschampsia media Schismus patens - Disakisperma dubium Schismus pleuropogon - Tribolium pleuropogon Schismus villarsii - Deschampsia media
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