Biology:Stapfochloa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Clade: | PACMAD clade |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Stapfochloa H.Scholz |
Stapfochloa is a genus of grasses.[1] It is also in the subfamily Chloridoideae, and the Cynodonteae tribe.[2]
Its native range is from Texas (USA) and Mexico, to tropical and subtropical South America (within the countries of Argentina, the Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands) and also tropical Africa (within Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda).[1]
The genus name of Stapfochloa is in honour of Otto Stapf (1857–1933), an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist.[3] It was first described and published in Willdenowia Vol.34 on page 131 in 2004.[1]
Accepted species
According to Kew;[1]
- Stapfochloa parvispicula Stapfochloa parodiana
- Stapfochloa elata Stapfochloa berroi
- (Arechav.) P.M.Peterson (Arechav.) P.M.Peterson
- (Desv.) P.M.Peterson (Caro & E.A.Sánchez) P.M.Peterson
- Stapfochloa grandiflora Stapfochloa ciliata
- (Roseng. & Izag.) Wipff & Shaw (Roseng. & Izag.) Wipff & Shaw
- Stapfochloa canterae (Sw.) P.M.Peterson
- (Stapf) H.Scholz Stapfochloa lamproparia
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, they only list the following species; Stapfochloa berroi, Stapfochloa canterae, Stapfochloa ciliata, Stapfochloa elata and Stapfochloa lamproparia.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Stapfochloa H.Scholz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77061436-1.
- ↑ Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Teisher, Jordan K.; Clark, Lynn G.; Barberá, Patricia; Gillespie, Lynn J. et al. (2017). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55 (4): 259–290. doi:10.1111/jse.12262. ISSN 1674-4918.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "Species of Stapfochloa H. Scholz". https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?29600&type=genus.
Wikidata ☰ Q25413118 entry
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