Stapfochloa elata

Stapfochloa elata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Stapfochloa
Species: Stapfochloa elata

Name

Stapfochloa elata (Desv.) P.M.Peterson, Taxon 64: 460 (2015)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Chloris elata Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 177 (1831).
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon barbatus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1305 (1759).
  • Andropogon polydactylos L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1483 (1763), nom. superfl.
  • Saccharum polydactylon Thunb., Fl. Jap.: 42 (1784), nom. superfl.
  • Chloris polydactyla Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 26 (1788), nom. superfl.
  • Chloris consanguinea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829), nom. nud.
  • Chloris arundinacea Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 207 (1854).
  • Miscanthus polydactylos Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1191 (1895), nom. superfl.
  • Chloris barbata (L.) Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 443 (1898), nom. illeg.
  • Chloris polydactyla var. breviaristata Hack., Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 16: 257 (1900).
  • Chloris breviaristata (Hack.) Herter, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 146 (1940).
  • Chloris polydactyla f. stolonifera Parodi, Revista Argent. Agron. 20: 24 (1953).
  • Chloris dandyana C.D.Adams, Phytologia 21: 408 (1971).
  • Chloris dandyana var. breviaristata (Hack.) A.M.Molina & Rúgolo, Candollea 59: 376 (2004).
  • Chloris dandyana var. stolonifera (Parodi) A.M.Molina & Rúgolo, Candollea 59: 376 (2004).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico Regional: Western South America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southeast Introduced into: Cuba, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64(3): 445–467. DOI: 10.12705/643.5 Full text (with link to PDF). Reference page. : 64: 460

Additional references

• WCVP . Stapfochloa elata in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Stapfochloa elata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Stapfochloa elata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Stapfochloa elata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Stapfochloa elata. Published online. Accessed: August 31 2022.

Vernacular names

English: tall windmill grass

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