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