Biology:Stenotaphrum

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Stenotaphrum
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St. Augustine grass
(Stenotaphrum secundatum)
Scientific classification e
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]
Trin.
Synonyms[2]
  • Diastemenanthe Desv.
  • Ophiurinella Desv.

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]

Species[2][5]
  • 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 BakerMadagascar [6]
  • Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) KuntzeSt. Augustine grass, Charleston grass, "buffalo grass" – Americas from Virginia + California to Uruguay[3][7]
  • Stenotaphrum unilaterale BakerMadagascar [6]
formerly included[2]

see Parapholis

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2191399 entry