Stenotaphrum
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| Stenotaphrum | |
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| File:Starr 031108-0098 Stenotaphrum secundatum.jpg | |
| St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Cenchrinae |
| Genus: | Stenotaphrum Trin.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Stenotaphrum glabrum (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 (stenós), meaning "narrow", and τάφρος (táphros), meaning "trench". It refers to cavities in the raceme axis.[3][4]
- Stenotaphrum clavigerum Stapf – Aldabra Island and Assumption Island (both parts of Seychelles)
- Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn. – Pembagrass – Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar + other Indian Ocean islands, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Pen Malaysia
- Stenotaphrum helferi Munro ex Hook.f. – Myanmar, Thailand, Pen Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan
- Stenotaphrum micranthum (Desv.) C.E.Hubb – Tanzania, Queensland; various islands of Indian + Pacific Oceans + South China Sea
- Stenotaphrum oostachyum Baker – Madagascar[6]
- Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze – St. Augustine grass, Charleston grass, "buffalo grass" – Americas from Virginia + California to Uruguay[3][7]
- Stenotaphrum unilaterale Baker – Madagascar[6]
- formerly included[2]
see Parapholis
- Stenotaphrum compressum – Parapholis filiformis
References
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- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Flora of China, 钝叶草 dun ye cao Stenotaphrum helferi Munro ex J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 7: 91.
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- ^ 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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- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Stenotaphrum at Wikispecies
- Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
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