Poaceae
Stapfochloa

Stapfochloa elata (Desv.) P.M.Peterson

First published in Taxon 64: 460 (2015)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Cuba, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Filgueiras, T.S. [3302] Brazil Chloris elata K001075225 Yes
Swainsen [s.n.] Brazil Chloris elata K001075231 Yes
Filgueiras, T.S. [1047] Brazil Chloris elata K001075227 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil Chloris elata K001075228 Yes
Filgueiras, T.S. [813] Brazil Chloris elata K001075229 Yes
Canto, T.; Dorow [541] Brazil Chloris elata K001075222 Yes
Vianna, M.C. [175] Brazil Chloris elata K001075234 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [11116] Brazil Chloris elata K001075230 Yes
Lima, J.M. [314] Brazil Chloris elata K001075233 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Silva, J.M. [48777] Brazil Chloris elata K001075226 Yes
Ribeiro, R. [132] Brazil Chloris elata K001075221 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [13118] Brazil Chloris elata K001075224 Yes
Zanin, A. [545] Brazil Chloris elata K001075223 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4410] Brazil Chloris elata K001075235 Yes
Swanson [s.n.] Brazil Chloris elata K001075232 Yes
Ribas, O.S.; Costa, E.F. [3932] Brazil Chloris elata K001075220 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4499] Brazil Chloris elata K001075236 Yes
May 12, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075227 No
May 12, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075224 No
May 12, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075221 No
May 12, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075220 No
May 9, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K000003231 No
May 9, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075226 No
May 9, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075225 No
May 9, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075233 No
May 9, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075230 No
May 9, 2014 Brazil Chloris dandyana K001075229 No
Loxton, R. [18] Guyana Chloris dandyana K003414966 Yes
Carvalho, A.M.; Brito, H.S.; Santos, E.B. [2614] Brazil Chloris dandyana K000003231 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0