Schizachyrium tenerum Nees

Camargo Keller, Victor, Lopes Pereira-Silva, Erico Fernando & Hardt, Elisa, 2021, High richness, new occurrences, and threatened species in a savanna grassland remnant in the largest Brazilian metropolis, Check List 17 (2), pp. 507-549 : 543

Schizachyrium tenerum Nees

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Identification. Perennial tussock grass, 30–80 cm height, ramified on the upper nodes. Leaf-blades linear, 3.5–30.0 cm long, 0.05–0.2 cm wide, glabrous, with marginal trichomes, ligulate. It is identified by its branched apical inflorescence, 2–6 cm long, pedicel covered with hairs and sessile spikelets with 10–14 mm awn.

Remarks. Occurs scarcely on the native grassland over shallow soils. Considered Endangered in São Paulo state. Brazilian range. Midwest, Northeast (BA state), South and Southeast (except ES state) regions.

Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′56″S, 046°40′55″W; 22 Aug. 2017; collection number vck73; HUFABC2005 .