Streptostachys

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paspaleae
Subtribus: Paspalinae
Genus: Streptostachys
Species: S. acuminata – S. asperifolia – S. macrantha – S. ramosa – S. rigidifolia – S. robusta
Name

Streptostachys Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190 (1810)
Type species: Streptostachys asperifolia Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190 (1810)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Sclerochlamys Morrone & Zuloaga, Taxon 58: 373 (2009)

References

Desvaux, N.A. (1810) Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Streptostachys in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30. Reference page. (Designates some synonyms that are now accepted names.)
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Streptostachys. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Streptostachys. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Streptostachys. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Streptostachys is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Species[1][5][6]

Streptostachys asperifolia Desv. - Brazil (Bahia, Amapá, Amazonas, Ceará, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Tocantins, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí), Fr Guinea, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Bolivia (Santa Cruz),[7] Guyana, Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Bolívar, Sucre, Monagas, Miranda)
Streptostachys lanciflora R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia
Streptostachys macrantha (Trin.) Zuloaga & Soderstr. - Brazil (Goiás, D.F., Minas Gerais), Paraguay (Amambay)
Streptostachys ramosa Zuloaga & Soderstr. - Brazil (Bahía, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais)
Streptostachys rigidifolia Filg. - Maranhão
Streptostachys robusta Renvoize - Bahia

formerly included[1]

see Rupichloa

Streptostachys acuminata - Rupichloa acuminata

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190
Tropicos, Streptostachys Desv.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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): 359–376
Funk, 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
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