Stenotaphrum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
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.Flora of China, 钝叶草 dun ye cao Stenotaphrum helferi Munro ex J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 7: 91.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 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 – MadagascarBaker, John Gilbert. 1883. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 20: 299 Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze – St. Augustine grass, Charleston grass, "buffalo grass" – Americas from Virginia + California to UruguayBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map Stenotaphrum unilaterale Baker – Madagascar
formerly included see Parapholis Stenotaphrum compressum – Parapholis filiformis
References
External links
Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora