Stephostachys is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Stephostachys mertensii, a perennial native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico through Central America and South America to northeastern Argentina.[1]
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| Stephostachys |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Clade: |
Commelinids |
| Order: |
Poales |
| Family: |
Poaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: |
Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: |
Paspaleae |
| Genus: |
Stephostachys
Zuloaga & Morrone (2010) |
| Species: |
S. mertensii |
| Binomial name |
Stephostachys mertensii
(Roth) Zuloaga & Morrone (2010) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Panicum altissimum Link (1833), nom. illeg.
- Panicum altissimum G.Mey. (1818), nom. illeg.
- Panicum elatius Kunth (1829), nom. illeg.
- Panicum equisetum Nees ex Döll (1877), pro syn.
- Panicum latifolium var. altissimum Rupr. ex E.Fourn. (1886), pro syn.
- Panicum megiston Schult. (1824)
- Panicum megiston f. pauciflora Hack. (1909)
- Panicum mertensii Roth (1817) (basionym)
- Panicum proximum Steud. (1853)
- Panicum tuberculatum J.Presl (1830)
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