Schmidtia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
The genus name of Schmidtia is in honour of Franz Wilibald Schmidt (1875–1949), who was a Bohemian botanist.
Species As accepted by Kew;Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Schmidtia kalahariensis Stent - Chad, Sudan, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa Schmidtia pappophoroides Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt - arid and semiarid parts of Africa from Mauritania to Egypt to South Africa, and also Pakistan
Formerly included; Several names have been coined with the name Schmidtia but are now regarded as better suited to other genera (Coleanthus and Tolpis) Schmidtia capensis - Tolpis capensis Schmidtia subtilis - Coleanthus subtilis Schmidtia utriculata - Coleanthus subtilis Schmidtia utriculosa - Coleanthus subtilis
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