Taxon:  Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. neomexicanum (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins



Summary
Genus:
Schizachyrium
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:
416214
Place of publication:
Harvard Pap. Bot. 8:68.  1996
Verified:
02/07/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash (1 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. divergens (Hack.) Gandhi & Smeins (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. scoparium (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon neomexicanus Nash

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon scoparius Michx. var. neomexicanus (Nash) Hitchc.
Schizachyrium neomexicanum (Nash) Nash
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. neomexicanum (Nash) Gould

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Reference(s)
  1. Gandhi, K. N. & F. E. Smeins. 1996. Four new combinations and one neotypification in Schizachyrium (Poaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 8:67-68.
  2. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas Note: = Schizachyrium scoparium var. neomexicanum
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English New Mexico little bluestem as S. scoparium var. neomexicanum 1 Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas Note: = Schizachyrium scoparium var. neomexicanum
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico n.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtahs.
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah (s.)]
  • REGION: Mexico (n.)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.carc.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=416214. Accessed 30 June 2025.