Schismus is a genus of and plants in the Poaceae.[ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 73-74 in Latin][ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure IV (4) line drawings of Schismus barbatus][ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora][ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 452 齿稃草属 chi fu cao shu Schismus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 73. 1812. ] Two species are naturalized in North America, where they are known as Mediterranean grass.
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Schismus arabicus - Greece, North Africa, East Africa, Asia (from Saudi Arabia to Xinjiang); naturalized in scattered locations in Australia, United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina
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Schismus barbatus - Mediterranean and neighboring regions (from Canary Islands to Tibet); South Africa; naturalized in scattered locations in Australia, United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina
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Schismus inermis - South Africa
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Schismus scaberrimus - South Africa
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Schismus schismoides - South Africa, Namibia
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Deschampsia Disakisperma Tribolium
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Schismus gouanii - Deschampsia media
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Schismus patens - Disakisperma dubium
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Schismus pleuropogon - Tribolium pleuropogon
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Schismus villarsii - Deschampsia media
