Schoenefeldia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Schoenefeldia
Species: S. gracilis – S. transiens
Name

Schoenefeldia Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 86 (1829)
Type species: Schoenefeldia gracilis Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 283 (1830)

References

Kunth, K.S. (1829) Révision des Graminées 1: 86, 283, pl. 53.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Schoenefeldia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Schoenefeldia. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20.
Tropicos.org 2013. Schoenefeldia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Schoenefeldia. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2013.
GBIF.

Schoenefeldia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species[6][7]

Schoenefeldia gracilis Kunth - Sahara and Sahel from Cape Verde + Algeria to Ethiopia; Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, Pakistan
Schoenefeldia transiens Chiov. - eastern + southeastern Africa from Ethiopia to Mpumalanga

References

Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 86-87 generic description in Latin
Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 2: 283 specific description in Latin, commentary in French
Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées plate 53 line drawing of Schoenefeldia gracilis
Tropicos, Schoenefeldia Kunth
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Kew World Checklist of Selected PlantFamilies
The Plant List search for Schoenefeldia