Stenotaphrum
Genus of grasses
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Stenotaphrum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
| Stenotaphrum | |
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| St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) | |
Scientific 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] | |
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The name is derived from the Greek words στενός (stenós), meaning "narrow", and τάφρος (táphros), meaning "trench". It refers to cavities in the raceme axis.[3][4]
- 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
