Schmidtia
Genus of grasses
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Schmidtia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[4][5]
| Schmidtia | |
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| Schmidtia kalahariensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Eragrostideae |
| Subtribe: | Cotteinae |
| Genus: | Schmidtia Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt. 1852, conserved name, not Moench 1802 nor Tratt. 1816[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Schmidtia pappophoroides Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Antoschmidtia Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 199 (1854)[3] | |
The genus name of Schmidtia is in honour of Franz Wilibald Schmidt (1875–1949), who was a Bohemian botanist.[6]
Species
- Schmidtia kalahariensis Stent - Chad, Sudan, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Schmidtia pappophoroides Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt - arid and semiarid parts of Africa from Mauritania to Egypt to South Africa, and also Pakistan
Formerly included;[7] Several names have been coined with the name Schmidtia but are now regarded as better suited to other genera (Coleanthus and Tolpis)
- Schmidtia capensis - Tolpis capensis
- Schmidtia subtilis - Coleanthus subtilis
- Schmidtia utriculata - Coleanthus subtilis
- Schmidtia utriculosa - Coleanthus subtilis
