| Schmidtia | |
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| Schmidtia kalahariensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 |
| Type species | |
| Schmidtia pappophoroides Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Antoschmidtia Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 199 (1854) | |
Schmidtia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
The genus name of Schmidtia is in honour of Franz Wilibald Schmidt (1875–1949), who was an Italian botanist and mycologist.
Species
As accepted by Kew;
- 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; 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
References
- Schmidt, Johann Anton. 1852. Beitrage zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln 144
- Tropicos, Schmidtia Steud. ex J.A. Schmidt
- ^ "Schmidtia Steud. ex J.A.Schmidt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- Rothauge, Axel (25 March 2014). "Cultivated grass pastures". The Namibian.
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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