Schoenefeldia

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Speciesbox |image = |display_parents = 3 |genus = Schoenefeldia |parent_authority = Kunth (1829) |species = gracilis |authority = Kunth (1830) |synonyms = *''Chloris myosuroides'' {{small|Hook.f. (1896)}} *''Chloris pallida'' {{small|(Edgew.) Hook.f. (1896), nom. illeg.}} *''Schoenefeldia nutans'' {{small|Steud. (1854)}} *''Schoenefeldia pallida'' {{small|Edgew. (1853)}} *''Schoenefeldia ramosa'' {{small|Trin. (1836)}} *''Schoenefeldia stricta'' {{small|Steud. (1854)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421057-1 ''Schoenefeldia gracilis'' Kunth]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 28 May 2024.</ref> }}

'''''Schoenefeldia''''' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9913#page/87/mode/1up Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 86-87] generic description in Latin</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9914#page/108/mode/1up Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 2: 283] specific description in Latin, commentary in French</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9915#page/53/mode/1up Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées plate 53] line drawing of ''Schoenefeldia gracilis''</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40032382 Tropicos, ''Schoenefeldia'' Kunth ]</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00568.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref> It contains a single species, '''''Schoenefeldia gracilis''''', an annual grass native to the Sahara and Sahel in Africa, to Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and to India and Pakistan.<ref name = powo/>

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Category:Chloridoideae Category:Monotypic Poaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth