| Name | Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retzius) Alston |
| Authorship | (Retzius) Alston |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Schizachyrium Nees |
| Contains | Schizachyrium sanguineum var. brevipedicellatum (Beal) S. L. Hatch Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum (Nees) S. L. Hatch |
| Citation | 1931 Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 334 |
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retzius) Alston |
| Identification made in | [no date] (6) |