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Stenotaphrum

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Scientific name
  
Stenotaphrum

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Family
  
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Higher classification
  
Grasses

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St Augustin, Grasses, Axonopus, Cynodon, Eremochloa

Sk vivero grass americano stenotaphrum secundatum


Stenotaphrum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.

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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.

Species
  1. Stenotaphrum clavigerum Stapf – Aldabra Island and Assumption Island (both parts of Seychelles)
  2. Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn. – Pembagrass – Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar + other Indian Ocean islands, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Pen Malaysia
  3. Stenotaphrum helferi Munro ex Hook.f.Myanmar, Thailand, Pen Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan
  4. Stenotaphrum micranthum (Desv.) C.E.HubbTanzania, Queensland; various islands of Indian + Pacific Oceans + South China Sea
  5. Stenotaphrum oostachyum BakerMadagascar
  6. Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze – St. Augustine grass, Charleston grass, "buffalo grass" – Americas from Virginia + California to Uruguay
  7. Stenotaphrum unilaterale Baker – Madagascar
formerly included

see Parapholis

  • Stenotaphrum compressum – Parapholis filiformis
  • Cynodon dactylon stenotaphrum secundatum zoysia sp



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    References

    Stenotaphrum Wikipedia