Stenotaphrum

Stenotaphrum
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]
  • 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]
formerly included[2]

see Parapholis

  1. ^ "Genus: Stenotaphrum Trin". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  2. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Vol. III P-Z. CRC Press. pp. 2146–2148. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
  4. ^ Flora of China, 钝叶草 dun ye cao Stenotaphrum helferi Munro ex J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 7: 91.
  5. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Stenotaphrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  6. ^ a b Baker, John Gilbert. 1883. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 20: 299
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map