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



Summary
Genus:
Schizachyrium
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:
416215
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. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. neomexicanum (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 scoparius Michx. var. divergens Hack.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon divergens (Hack.) Andersson ex Hitchc.
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash var. divergens (Hack.) Gould

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Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergins (Hack.) Gould
  2. Gandhi, K. N. & F. E. Smeins. 1996. Four new combinations and one neotypification in Schizachyrium (Poaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 8:67-68.
  3. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas Note: = Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergens
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English eastern little bluestem as S. scoparium var. divergens 1 Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas Note: = Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergens
English pinehill bluestem as S. scoparium var. divergens 1 FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Schizachyrium scoparium var. divergins (Hack.) Gould
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouric.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentuckyw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri (c.), Oklahoma]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Kentucky (w.), Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
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=416215. Accessed 30 June 2025.