Taxon: Schismus barbatus (L.) Thell.

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Arabian grass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Araby grass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• camel grass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• common Mediterranean grass   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• kelch grass   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• Mediterranean grass   (Source: F Utah ed2 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: forage   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Grass SAfr)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Southern Africa: Namibia [s.]; South Africa - Cape Province, Free State
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Syria
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan
  Middle Asia: Turkmenistan [s.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.w.]; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.]; Spain

• naturalized elsewhere, including s.w. United States

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. [mentions].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Linder, H. P. et al. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97:353.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. [mentions].
• Migahid, A. M. 1988–1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Schismus barbatus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Schismus barbatus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Schismus barbatus.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Festuca barbata L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Schismus calycinus (Loefl.) K. Koch
  

Check other web resources for Schismus barbatus (L.) Thell.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Spikelets and/or florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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