Stenotaphrum secundatum

Characteristics
Monocots
POACEAE
Stenotaphrum
Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter)Kuntze
ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS
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This grass is widely planted and various cultivars have been characterized (Busey 1995, 2003; Komma 2003). While the rest of the genus is native to the eastern hemisphere, this species is nearly pantropical and presumably native at least to Africa and the Americas (Sauer 1972). Sauer (1972) noted that the "species as a whole is primarily a coastal pioneer".
Native FAC (NWPL) AD (WAP)
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Classification
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POALES
Stenotaphrum
Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter)Kuntze - ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS
Citation
STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 794. 1891.
Ischaemum secundatum Walter 1788.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Beaufort Co.: US 21, Beaufort, 27 Jun 1956, Ahles 15602 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: GA, NCU, NY). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 479. 2008.
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Species Distribution Map
Plant Photos
Stenotaphrum secundatum - 25
Stenotaphrum secundatum - Betty Wargo
Stenotaphrum secundatum - 25
Stenotaphrum secundatum - Betty Wargo
Stenotaphrum secundatum - 139
Stenotaphrum secundatum - John R. Park