Schizachyrium microstachyum(Desv.) Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.

WFO wfo-0000898130 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Rocky Ordoñez
fig. a Rocky Ordoñez, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-19 / obs. 183677212
Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 178153511
Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 177228425
Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. d Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161816483
Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. e Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182512043
Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. f Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183220054
Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. g Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183222563
Schizachyrium microstachyum, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. h Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183223249

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Schizachyrium microstachyum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Schizachyrium microstachyum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Andropogon benthamianus Steud.
  • Andropogon condensatus var. paniculatus Hack.
  • Andropogon lechleri Steud. ex Hack.
  • Andropogon lhotskyi Steud.
  • Andropogon microstachys Desv.
  • Andropogon paniculatus Kunth
  • Andropogon plumiger Ekman
  • Andropogon scoparius J.Presl
  • Pollinia microstachya (Desv.) Desv.
  • Schizachyrium condensatum var. paniculatum Roberty
  • Schizachyrium neoscoparium Herter
  • Schizachyrium plumigerum (Ekman) Parodi

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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