Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Andropogon hirtiflorus (Nees) Kunth
• (=) Andropogon schottii Rupr. ex Hack.
• (=) Schizachyrium hirtiflorum Nees

Common names:

• crimson bluestem  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida, Georgia (s.), Louisiana (s.), Mississippi (s.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas, Baja California Sur]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán, Ciudad de México]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

References:

1. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
5. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:564.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=104360. Accessed 1 July 2024.