Stenotaphrum

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Cenchrinae
Genus: Stenotaphrum
Species: S. clavigerum – S. dimidiatum – S. helferi – S. micranthum – S. oostachyum – S. secundatum – S. unilaterale

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Stenotaphrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 23. Reference page.

Name

Stenotaphrum Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 175 (1820)

• Type species: Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 127 (1832)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ophiurinella Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 179 (1831)
  • Diastemanthe Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 360 (1854)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Alabama, Aldabra, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zaïre Introduced into: Algeria, Ascension, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Burkina, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Galápagos, Greece, Guinea, Gulf States, Italy, Kazan-retto, Kermadec Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Madeira, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, Morocco, Namibia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niger, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Swaziland, Tasmania, Texas, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tunisia, Uganda, Victoria, Western Australia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Trinius, C.B. v. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae, sive Theoria contructionis floris graminei; adjecta synopsi generum graminum hucusque cognitorum..214 pp. Viennae. BHL Reference page. : 175.

Additional references

• WCVP . Stenotaphrum in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 23 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Stenotaphrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Stenotaphrum. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Stenotaphrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Stenotaphrum. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: St. Augustine Grass

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