False melic facts for kids

Quick facts for kids False melic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Schizachne Hack.
Species:	S. purpurascens
Binomial name
Schizachne purpurascens (Torr.) Swallen
Type species
Schizachne fauriei (syn of S. purpurascens ssp. callosa) Hack.
Synonyms
Schizachne fauriei Hack. Trisetum purpurascens Torr. Melica purpurascens (Torr.) Hitchc. Avena callosa Turcz. ex Griseb.. Melica callosa (Turcz. ex Griseb.) Ohwi Schizachne komarovii Roshev. Schizachne callosa (Turcz. ex Griseb.) Ohwi Avena striata Michx. 1803, illegitimate homonym not Lam. 1783 nor Schousb. ex Willk. & Lange 1861 Melica striata Hitchc. Avena torreyi Nash Bromelica striata (Hitchc.) Farw. Schizachne striata (Hitchc.) Hultén

Schizachne is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family. The only accepted species is Schizachne purpurascens, commonly called false melic. Three subspecies are recognized:

• Schizachne purpurascens subsp. callosa (Turcz. ex Griseb.) T.Koyama & Kawano – European and Asiatic Russia, China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Yunnan), Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan
• Schizachne purpurascens subsp. capillipes (Kom.) Tzvelev – Kamchatka
• Schizachne purpurascens subsp. purpurascens – Canada (all 10 provinces plus Yukon + NWT), United States (Alaska, Rocky Mountain States, Great Lakes Region, Northeast)

Melica smithii was formerly included in the genus, as Schizachne smithii.

See also

In Spanish: Schizachne purpurascens para niños