Stephanachne is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.Keng, Yi Li. 1934. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China : Botanical Series 9(2): 134Tropicos, Stephanachne KengGrassbase - The World Online Grass FloraFlora of China Vol. 22 Page 189 冠毛草属 guan mao cao shu Stephanachne Keng, Contr. Biol. Lab. Chin. Assoc. Advancem. Sci., Sect. Bot. 9(2): 134. 1934. It contains a single species, Stephanachne nigrescens, a perennial grass native to north-central, south-central, and western China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, and Sichuan).
Formerly placed here Pappagrostis pappophorea (as Stephanachne monandra and S. pappophorea ) References