Stenotaphrum
| Stenotaphrum | |
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| St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
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| Genus: | Stenotaphrum Trin.[1] |
| Type species | |
(syn of S. dimidiatum)[2] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Stenotaphrum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
The name is derived from the Greek words στενός (stenos), meaning "narrow", and τάϕρος (taphros), meaning "trench." It refers to cavities in the raceme axis.[3][4]
- Stapf – Aldabra Island and Assumption Island (both parts of Seychelles)
- (L.) Brongn. – – Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar + other Indian Ocean islands, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Pen Malaysia
- Munro ex Hook.f. – Myanmar, Thailand, Pen Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan
- (Desv.) C.E.Hubb – Tanzania, Queensland; various islands of Indian + Pacific Oceans + South China Sea
- Baker – Madagascar[6]
- Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze – St. Augustine grass, Charleston grass, "buffalo grass" – Americas from Virginia + California to Uruguay[3][7]
- Baker – Madagascar[6]
- formerly included[2]
see Parapholis
- Stenotaphrum compressum –
References[]
- ^ "Genus: Stenotaphrum Trin". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Vol. Volume III P-Z. CRC Press. pp. 2146–2148. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Flora of China, 钝叶草 dun ye cao Stenotaphrum helferi Munro ex J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 7: 91.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Stenotaphrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ a b Baker, John Gilbert. 1883. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 20: 299
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
External links[]
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Data related to Stenotaphrum at Wikispecies
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