Species in the genus include: •
Schizachyrium beckii Killeen - Bolivia •
Schizachyrium bemarivense A.Camus - Madagascar •
Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Buse – Serillo dulce - widespread in tropics •
Schizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Wooton & Standl. - USA (AZ NM TX), Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador •
Schizachyrium claudopus (Chiov.) Chiov - Tanzania, Zaïre, Zambia •
Schizachyrium condensatum (Kunth) Nees – Colombian bluestem - West Indies, Latin America from central Mexico to Uruguay •
Schizachyrium crinizonatum S.T.Blake - Australia •
Schizachyrium cubense (Hack.) Nash - Cuba •
Schizachyrium delavayi (Hack.) Bor - China, Himalayas •
Schizachyrium delicatum Stapf - tropical Africa •
Schizachyrium djalonicum Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea to Sierra Leone •
Schizachyrium dolosum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland •
Schizachyrium exile (Hochst.) Pilg. - tropical + southern Africa; Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar •
Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus - southern China, Vietnam, Java, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Micronesia •
Schizachyrium gaumeri Nash - Yucatán Peninsula, Chiapas •
Schizachyrium gracile (Spreng.) Nash - West Indies, Guatemala, Chiapas, Florida •
Schizachyrium gracilipes (Hack.) A.Camus - southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina •
Schizachyrium gresicola Jacq.-Fél - Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria •
Schizachyrium hatschbachii Peichoto - Brazil, northern Argentina •
Schizachyrium impressum (Hack.) A.Camus - Jammu & Kashmir •
Schizachyrium jeffreysii (Hack.) Stapf - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga •
Schizachyrium kwiluense Vanderyst ex Robyns - Zaïre, Congo Republic •
Schizachyrium lomaense A.Camus - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast •
Schizachyrium lopollense (Rendle) Sales- Angola, Zambia, Mozambique •
Schizachyrium maclaudii (Jacq.-Fél.) S.T.Blake - West Africa •
Schizachyrium malacostachyum (J.Presl) Nash - Mesoamerica, Colombia, West Indies •
Schizachyrium maritimum (Chapm.) Nash – Gulf bluestem - USA (LA MS AL FL) •
Schizachyrium mexicanum (Hitchc.) A.Camus - Mexico •
Schizachyrium mitchellianum B.K.Simon - Western Australia •
Schizachyrium muelleri Nash - Veracruz •
Schizachyrium mukuluense Vanderyst - Zaïre •
Schizachyrium multinervosum Nash - Cuba •
Schizachyrium niveum (Swallen) Gould – Pinescrub bluestem - Florida, Georgia •
Schizachyrium nodulosum (Hack.) Stapf - western + central Africa •
Schizachyrium occultum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland •
Schizachyrium pachyarthron C.A.Gardner - Australia •
Schizachyrium parvifolium (Hitchc.) Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba •
Schizachyrium penicillatum Jacq.-Fél - Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone •
Schizachyrium perplexum S.T.Blake - Northern Territory, Queensland •
Schizachyrium platyphyllum (Franch.) Stapf - Africa, Madagascar •
Schizachyrium pseudeulalia (Hosok.) S.T.Blake - Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, northern Australia, Caroline Is •
Schizachyrium pulchellum (D.Don ex Benth.) Stapf - tropical Africa •
Schizachyrium radicosum Jacq.-Fél - Guinea •
Schizachyrium reedii (Hitchc. & Ekman) Borhidi & Catasús - Cuba •
Schizachyrium rhizomatum (Swallen) Gould – Florida little bluestem - Florida •
Schizachyrium ruderale Clayton - western Africa •
Schizachyrium rupestre (K.Schum.) Stapf - tropical Africa, KwaZulu-Natal •
Schizachyrium salzmannii (Trin. ex Steud.) Nash - Mexico, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, South America •
Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston – Crimson bluestem - tropical Africa, tropical Asia, New Guinea, Latin America, West Indies, USA (AZ NM TX FL GA AL) •
Schizachyrium scabriflorum (Rupr. ex Hack.) A.Camus - Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil •
Schizachyrium schweinfurthii (Hack.) Stapf - tropical Africa •
Schizachyrium scintillans Stapf - tropical Africa •
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash – Little bluestem - widespread in Canada + USA + Mexico •
Schizachyrium semitectum (Swallen) Reeder - Mexico, Guatemala •
Schizachyrium spicatum (Spreng.) Herter - Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil •
Schizachyrium stoloniferum Nash - USA (MS AL GA FL NC SC) •
Schizachyrium sulcatum (Ekman) S.T.Blake - Colombia, Bolivia, western Brazil •
Schizachyrium tenerum Nees – Slender bluestem - USA (OK TX LA MS AL FL GA NC) •
Schizachyrium thollonii (Franch.) Stapf - tropical Africa •
Schizachyrium urceolatum (Hack.) Stapf - tropical Africa •
Schizachyrium yangambiense Germ. - Zaïre Some species formerly included in
Schizachyrum are now considered better suited to other genera:
Andropogon,
Dichanthium,
Rottboellia,
Sehima,
Sphaerocaryum. ==References==