Streptostachys is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190Tropicos, Streptostachys Desv.Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

Species Two species are currently accepted.Morrone, O. & F. Zuloaga. 1991. Revisión del género Streptostachys (Poaceae-Panicoideae), su posición sistemática dentro de la tribu Paniceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 78(2): 359–376Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584 Streptostachys asperifolia Desv. - Brazil (Bahia, Amapá, Amazonas, Ceará, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Tocantins, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí), Fr Guinea, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Bolivia (Santa Cruz),Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. In P. M. Jørgensen, M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis Guyana, Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Bolívar, Sucre, Monagas, Miranda) Streptostachys lanciflora R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia

Formerly placed here Some species formerly placed in Streptostachys are now placed in other genera.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Ichnanthus robustus (as Streptostachys robusta Renvoize) Keratochlaena rigidifolia (as Streptostachys rigidifolia Filg., Morrone & Zuloaga) Oncorachis macrantha (as Streptostachys macrantha (Trin.) Zuloaga & Soderstr.) Oncorachis ramosa (as * Streptostachys ramosa Zuloaga & Soderstr.) Rupichloa acuminata (as Streptostachys acuminata )

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